33 dogs shot dead in what police have called a "bloody, rifle-killing frenzy" (New Zealand)
The 33 dogs shot dead in what police have called a "bloody, rifle-killing frenzy" would have cowered in fear, says the head of the SPCA.
The dogs were shot following a row between neighbours. After a fox terrier belonging to Russell Mendoza was killed and he blamed the death on one or more of the 39 dogs kept on his neighbour Rowan Hargreaves' property. The next day Mr Mendoza and another man arrived at his property with a .22 calibre rifle and shotgun and handed Mr Hargreaves a note saying he agreed to the shooting of his dogs, the New Zealand Herald reported. Mr Hargreaves said he signed the note because he felt under "enormous pressure". Mr Hargreaves said the dogs were screaming, "making sounds dogs just don't make. When one was gone, the others knew they'd be next, but they had nowhere to go."
Police and the SPCA were both investigating the shootings.
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