Once-feral donkeys restore confidence to Hunter Valley sheep sector demoralised by dog attacks
When Diane Parnell woke one morning to find 25 sheep dead at her Hunter Valley property,she was devastated. Wild dogs had been lingering for years but the attack that night was theworst. “They just ran them down, killed them, didn’t eat them, didn’t tear them to bits oranything — it’s just a sport for them.” Ms Parnell would wake at night to check the sheep, she invested in cameras to monitorthem and even tried alpacas to keep the dogs away. “And the dogs got the alpacas.” The saviour was an animal perhaps known best for its stubborn nature, but donkeys… Continue reading
