(UNION BRIDGE, MD) – Maryland State Police are searching for the person or persons responsible for the apparent shooting deaths of two dogs found today in a field in western Carroll County.
Shortly after 9:30 a.m. today, a trooper from the Westminster Barrack was dispatched to a home in the 1000-block of Winters Church Road, Union Bridge, Md. The victim, Leonard A. Nahr, 28, told the trooper his two dogs had just been found dead and appeared to have been shot.
Nahr said his three-year-old female pit bull and his 17-week-old male Chihuahua had been missing since the morning of October 12, 2010. He said that morning, both dogs had been barking out behind his house. His home backs up to a bird sanctuary and a farm. When he returned home, his dogs were not there. The next day, he and his wife put up signs in the area and began a widespread search for the dogs. A nearby farmer reported he had seen the dogs running around in a field not far from the victim’s home. No further information was obtained.
This morning, the victim was contacted by a farmer in the 1300-block of Old New Windsor Road, who said he had found the remains of what appeared to be his dogs. The dogs were found on either side of an access road that is used to reach hunting areas on the farm.
Troopers examined the decomposing remains of both dogs. It appears each dog sustained a single large caliber gunshot wound.
Troopers searched the area for evidence and contacted Natural Resources Police. The investigation is continuing.
Anyone with information about this shooting is urged to contact Maryland State Police at the Westminster Barrack at 410-386-3000. Callers may remain anonymous.
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I pray these idoits are jailed or shoot in the head. What in the world is wrong with this world.
ReplyDeleteOK 8:51, I agree, but let's include the idiot owner who was letting these dogs run at large with no supervision.
ReplyDeleteWe don't know if the dogs were aggressive toward a hunter, or just messing up his hunting by running deer, in either case, the owner is also to blame.
The owner isn't to blame. Who ever shot these domestic animals is to blame. If these dogs were aggressive toward a hunter and the hunter shot them he/she should have reported it immediately. And if the hunter's hunt was messed up that's too bad. A shot in the air would have taken care of the problem.
ReplyDeleteWow!!!! Can you imagine the little chihuahua just devouring someone----Really now.
ReplyDeleteThe owner was not being responsible in my opinion, but if I saw a Pit running loose, I would think I could be attacked, but Lord forbid ----- not by the Chihuahua!
Sounds like they were used for target practice.
Hope they find who ever did it!
9:19
ReplyDeleteUse common sense. A hunter has probably spent hundreds of dollars to rent land, equipment, and a day of vacation from work. A shot in the air still ruins his day, and the problem will be back tomorrow. Self defense, and then report? Are you kidding me, with PETA and the Humane Society wackos, he will need to take out a loan to defend himself. I spend a lot of time in the woods, and wild dogs (including dogs running loose) are a real concern. They think the entire woods is their territory and try and defend it. I carry and will use it if threaten. Hey, I own and love dogs, but keep them on your property, if not, they will be run over before they are shot most of the time.
No you use common sense, 9:57 otherwise you are going to ruin it for ethical hunters. Dogs running loose isn't a problem for hunters. I own almost 400 acres in Worcester county that I let some hunters hunt on and guess what, loose dogs have NEVER been a problem. But my hunters have found plenty of you hunters who don't obey the rules. I can't tell you how many deer stands they have had to dismantle, trepassing hunters they have found, poachers, etc.
ReplyDelete"wild dog", 9:57. Please do tell where these wild ones are running? I haven't heard of any "wild dog" problems in 20 years!
ReplyDelete10:37
ReplyDeleteJust ask any DNR game warden, one officer encounter a large dog (rottweiler mix) that had just killed two deer. The dog challenged him, and being armed with only his sidearm, he wanted to make a clean shot and went to his truck for his rifle. The dog then ran off. This was near the airport in Wicomico Co. I have also encounter a mastif mix west of Delmar, huge dog, no collar, dirty coat, eating a deer carcass. So keep your head stick in the sand, but don't be surprised if you get bit in the butt.
if they are not in a yard, they are wild. they may have been domesticated, but they are definately not controlled. and an uncontrolled animal is a dangerous one.
ReplyDeleteplease keep our pets locked up or fenced in. not only for our safety, but for theirs as well.