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Post by Graveyardbride on Sept 5, 2018 18:51:30 GMT -5
Did ‘Big Cat’ Kill Kentucky Horses and Dogs?MONROE COUNTY, Ky. – When three horses and two dogs were found dead Sunday, the sheriff’s office believed the animals were killed by a large animal. But now the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Diagnostics Team says this is not the case.
The dead animals, three horses and two dogs, are believed to have been killed early Sunday morning. The horses and pit bull belonged to Eddie Denton and the second dog, a Husky, belonged to a neighbor. “I got up Sunday morning to go feed ‘em and everything. And like I usually do, I holler and they come up to the fence down there, but they didn’t come,” Denton recalls. “And I just happened to look in the pond where the ducks are at and seen one a-floatin’ out there in the pond. It’s bad to walk out and see your horses ... I believe some kind of animal killed my horses. I don’t know what ... I think it’s some kind of big cat.”
However, John Hast, who examined the carcasses, says, “After careful examination of the wounds and the area around the animals, we’ve just simply concluded that no large animal was involved with this attack.” Also, according to Hast, no mountain lions or large feline predators have been spotted anywhere in Kentucky recently.
But Sheriff Dale Ford agrees with Denton. “These animals were not shot and they were not stabbed by a knife. They were mauled,” he insists. “They were killed by some kind of big, vicious animal that is deadly.”
People in the area have been advised to keep a close watch on animals and children.
Source: Kylen Mills, WLEX, September 5, 2018.
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Post by steve on Sept 6, 2018 15:59:31 GMT -5
OK. So he concluded that no large animal was involved. So what killed them?
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Post by pat on Sept 6, 2018 16:21:22 GMT -5
OK. So he concluded that no large animal was involved. So what killed them? . |
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Post by steve on Sept 7, 2018 23:08:27 GMT -5
If there are any updates, please post them.
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Post by Joanna on Sept 11, 2018 12:15:41 GMT -5
Another Mysterious Animal Death in Monroe County
MONROE COUNTY, Ky. – The sheriff’s office has confirmed another animal has been found dead in the same area where five others were discovered earlier this month.
Sheriff Frog Ford told 13 News that a dead calf was found on a farm less than a mile from where horses and dogs were found the previous weekend. He said there were pieces of the calf’s hide torn from its body, but cannot confirm the death is related to the others.
Source: WBKO, September 8, 2018.
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Post by Joanna on Apr 16, 2019 22:18:18 GMT -5
Unexplained Animal Attacks in and Around Louisville“I couldn’t believe it. Like I could not believe it,” Cindy Esparza said, after her husband found some of their sheep dead on their property in Hillview, 22 miles south of Louisville.
The family had about 50 head of sheep. Five were killed, one was put down because of its serious injuries and seven are missing. “When he sent me a picture of the one that was still alive, it was horrible,” Esparza added.
They are looking for answers. What happened? What kind of animal did this? Where is the animal now?
“He doesn’t think it’s a coyote because they usually are alone and just one coyote,” she explained. “It’s way too many animals just for one.”
She said the dozens of livestock animals are visibly shaken and spooked by what they saw last week. This has led to extra work for her husband, putting them back into the barn at night and letting them out in the morning.
The Esparzas have young children and are afraid of what could happen should the creature that attacked the sheep return. “What we’re afraid of is, it can get anything. If it’s getting such big animals, it could get a child easily ... or an adult.”
Their 6-year-old son Cedric remembers his dad burying the sheep. “When we were burying the sheep, I was like a little bit sad because they died,” he said. “It’s like you won’t have any animals to play with.”
Donkeys killed in Jefferson County. In another animal attack around February 23, two donkeys were killed in southeastern Jefferson County. The dead animals were discovered in the 6000 Block of Fegenbush Lane by their owner, who last saw them alive Friday, February 22.
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is handling the case and an investigator was on property Monday investigating. Kevin Kelly, a spokesman, said a wildlife biologist examined the donkeys, but a cause of death wasn’t apparent. There was no necropsy “because of the degree of decomposition of the animals.”
Llamas killed in Louisville. The donkeys were attacked just a week after six llamas were killed (above) in the 1500 block of Schuff Lane near the Louisville Zoo. The llamas had bite marks behind their ears and on their flanks and the attacks “appeared canine in nature.”
Caroline Willette, one of the owners of Louisville Llama Farm, told the Courier-Journal she awakened around 7:30 a.m. and found blood and tufts of wool spread around the barn. A fence near the front of the farm’s property was smashed and covered in blood from where one of the animals “tried to run away,” she added. “I know they are just livestock, but these were my babies.”
While many neighbors were quick to speculate that coyotes were responsible, Willette, is skeptical. She explained that llamas are good at defending themselves and one of the animals killed weighed 500 pounds. “I see coyotes around here all the time,” she said. “Llamas are guard animals, [they’ll] mess you up.”
Louisville Llama Farm sells the wool of the animals and also grows crops such as grapes and pawpaws, large fruit native to the Unites States. The farm made news in 2009 when the Courier-Journal reported two of the llamas escaped, but were promptly returned to the farm by police.
Louisville is approximately 120 miles from Monroe County, where strange animal attacks were reported last fall.Sources: Jessie Cohen, WHAS, April 14, 2019; Matthew Glowicki, The Louisville Courier-Journal, February 25, 2019; and Thomas Novelly, The Louisville Courier-Journal, February 18, 2019.
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Post by Sam on Apr 17, 2019 0:42:12 GMT -5
I don't know what attacked the sheep and donkeys, but I'd bet money that it was pit bulls that attacked the llamas. A pit bull is the only kind of canine that could take down and kill a 500 lb. animal.
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Post by aprillynn93 on Apr 17, 2019 19:09:30 GMT -5
I don't know what attacked the sheep and donkeys, but I'd bet money that it was pit bulls that attacked the llamas. A pit bull is the only kind of canine that could take down and kill a 500 lb. animal. Plus..I think any large cat or other animal would have eaten them, not lust kill and leave the carcasses. I could be wrong, but I think only domesticated canines would do this. |
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Post by Sam on Apr 18, 2019 2:36:56 GMT -5
Plus..I think any large cat or other animal would have eaten them, not lust kill and leave the carcasses. I could be wrong, but I think only domesticated canines would do this. You're right. Dogs are the only animals that kill just for the fun of chasing and killing. A big cat, wolf, or other wild animal would have attacked one animal and killed and eaten it. I didn't see where anybody said any parts of these animals were eaten, so it had to be dogs. |
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