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douglas9

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Fri Dec 9, 2022, 07:59 AM Dec 2022

When coyotes attacked, a dog killed 8 of them, saving a flock of sheep [View all]

John Wierwille sprang out of bed early one November morning when he heard coyotes outside his Decatur, Ga., home. But by the time the sheep farmer made it outside to check on his flock, his sheepdogs were already on the scene.

Casper, a 21-month-old Great Pyrenees, soon led a counterattack and hopped a four-foot fence. Over the next several minutes, Wierwille said Casper killed eight of the 11 coyotes on his property and chased away the rest. The five sheep remained unharmed.

Despite suffering life-threatening injuries in the Nov. 4 attack, Casper has since recovered and returned home Wednesday, Wierwille said. The fearless sheepdog has emerged as a hero across the internet.

“It was chaos,” Wierwille, 55, told The Washington Post. “It was not how we wished things had gone, but we’re glad he made it. He was doing his job, and that’s what I think everybody appreciates about him.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/09/sheepdog-coyote-attack-killed-eight/

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