HE
HE THINKS
HE THINKS THEY
WERE
WERE THE
WERE THE CULPRIT IN AT LEAST SOME OF THE4@ LOUISVILLE LIVESTOCK ATTACKS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT SIX,
I'M
I'M
I'M DOUG
I'M DOUG PROFFITT. WHAS11 WAS THE FIRST TO BREAK
THE
NEWS OF THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT
TODAY.4@
THAT FARMER SAYS HE THINKS THE
DOGS...
BELIEVED TO BE HUSKIES... KILLED
SOME4@
SOME4@
SOME4@ OF
SOME4@ OF HIS CATTLE. HIS FARM ISN'T FAR FROM WHERE
TWO
DONKEYS WERE KILLED IN JEFFERSON
COUNTY
COUNTY
COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND... AND LLAMAS WERE
KILLED IN THE THE CITY LIMITS
LAST WEEK.
SHAY MCALISTER WAS THE ONLY
JOURNALIST
AT THE FARM WHEN LOUISVILLE
METRO
ANIMAL SERVICES SHOWED UP TO
INVESTIGATE.4@
INVESTIGATE.4@
DOUG--
DOUG-- LMAS OFFICIALS SAY THEY CAN'T CONNECT ALL THREE DEADLY ATTACKS-- BUT THERE'S A
POSSIBILIT4@Y AT LEAST TWO COULD
HAVE THE SAME CULPRIT.4@
NATS
NATS
NATS 4@
4@
4@ 1410
4@ 1410 WHISTLE "COME ON!" FEEDING
HIS CATTLE WITH A SENSE OF
COMFORT. FARM EMPLOYEE AT CATTLE FARM4@
1214
"I FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE AT
EASE NOW
BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM
WAS."
WAS."
WAS." THIS FARMER-- WHO DIDN'T WANT HIS FACE
SHOWN-- SAYS NOT ONLY DOES HE
KNOW
WHAT KILLED HIS COW... FARM
EMPLOYEE AT4@
CATTLE FARM
618
"IT WAS TW4@O DOGS. IT WAS A
BIGGER ONE AND4@
SMALLER ONE."
HE ALSO KNOWS IT WON'T BE A
PROBLEM ANYMORE.
ONE OF HIS COWORKERS SHOT THE
DOGS EARLY TUESDAY.
FARM EMPLOYEE AT CATTLE FARM
808
"WE SAT OUT HERE ALL NIGHT LAST
NIGHT AND
NIGHT AND
NIGHT AND ABOUT 715 THIS MORNING THEY SHOWED UP AND THEY WAS GOING TO
ATTACK
ATTACK
ATTACK OUR COWS." WHAS11 WAS THE ONLY STATION4@
THERE WHEN
LMAS PULLED UP TO START THEIR4@
INVESTIGATION.
THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THE4@
POSSIBILITY THAT
THOSE TWO DOGS-- HUSKIES-- WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK ON
THE
THE FARMER'S COW-- AND TWO4@ DONKEYS AT ANOTHER PROPERTY.
DONKEY OWNER NAN WILLIAMSON
958-1005
"ITS JUST HEARTBREAKING ISN'T
IT. TO JUST KNOW WHAT THEY WENT
THROUGH-4@
THROUGH-4@ ITS PAINFUL." NAN WILLIAMSON HAS OWNED THE TWO
DONKEYS FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
SHE TOOK US ON HER GOLF-CART TO
SEE THE
SEE THE
SEE THE PASTURE WHERE THEY LIVED-- AND THE SITE
OF THE ATTACK.
DONKEY OWNER NAN WILLIAMSON4@
440-550
440-550
4@
4@ "I
4@ "I THINK THIS ONE WAS KILLED FIRST AND I'M
REALLY DEPRESSED BECAUSE I THINK
THEIR
THEIR
THEIR FRIENDLINESS WITH MY OWN DOGS4@ THEY WERE
LESS WEARY OF OTHER DOGS." SHE
BELIEVES IT WAS DOGS THAT TOOK
HER DONKEYS DOWN... 4@AND THEN
COYOTES THAT
SCAVENGED THEM.
METRO ANIMAL SERVICES SAYS ITS
POSSIBLE-- AND STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION.4@4@
INVESTIGATION.4@4@
4@
4@ SO--
4@ SO-- YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING--
WHO'S AT FAULT HERE? LMAS DIRECTOR OZZY GIBSON SHED
SOME
LIGHT ON THAT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.4@
OZZY GIBSON
9:08 YOU DO HAVE A RIGHT TO4@
PROTECT YOUR LIVESTOCK. YOU
CAN'T LET SOMETHING HAPPEN
BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR PROPERTY AND
YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE. SO THE BEST
METHOD HERE, AGAIN IF YOU OWN A
PET, MICROCHIP IT, AND KEEP YOUR
EYES
EYES ON
EYES ON IT, KEEP IT ON A LEASH, 4@ OR KEEP IT4@
ON A KENNEL. 9:23
THE FARMER TELLS US HE'S SORRY4@
HE HAD TO SHOOT THE DOGS, BUT HE
HAD TO PROTECT
HIS LIVESTOCK. DOUG.4@
DOUG.4@
DOUG.4@ EVERYONE S4@EEMS TO HAVE THEIR N
4@ IDEA
4@ IDEA
4@ IDEA ABOUT WHAT HAS KILLED THESE
ANIMALS... SO WE'VE BEEN
VERIFYING
VERIFYING WITH LOCAL EXPERTS ..4@.FACT VERSUS FICTION ...WHEN IT C4@OMES TO
THESE THEORIES.
DEB WRITING ON THE WHAS11
FACEBOOK
PAGE... "DON'T RULE OUT A
COUGAR!" WHILE4@
LINDA SUGGESTS IT MAY BE A
BOBCAT.
BOBCAT.
4@
4@ SO
4@ SO TURNED TO WILDLIFE EXPERT AND
BERNHEIM FOREST EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR DR. MARK WOURMS ABOUT IT.
HE TELLS ME COUGARS WERE ONCE
NATIVE TO
OUR AREA, BUT ARE NO LONGER
AROUND
HERE... ADDING THE CLOSEST
COUGARS ARE
PROBABLY ONE- THOUSAND MILES
AWAY.4@
BOBCATS ON THE OTHER HAND, DO
STILL
LIVE AROUND HERE... EVEN IN THE
MIDDLE OF
MIDDLE OF
MIDDLE OF CITIES LIKE LOUISVILLE, ELIZABETHTOWN, AND4@
BARDSTOWN.
BUT WOURMS SAYS THOSE CATS HAVE
4@
NO4@
4@ NO4@
4@ NO4@ INTEREST IN BIG ANIMALS.
2:21 BOBCATS HAVE NO INTEREST
IN LARGE GAME AT ALL. THEY
WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO TAKE A
LLAMA OR A DONKEY IF THEY TRIED.
4@
4@ A
4@ A COUG4@AR OR MOUNTAIN LION COUD
DO THAT, BUT AGAIN,4@
THAT WOULD BE HUGELY UNUSUAL TO
HAVE ONE IN THIS AREA. 2:38
WOURMS SAYS HE STILL BELIEVES WILD4@
DOGS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
ATTACK ON THE LLAMAS.
AS FOR COUGARS... HE SAYS
BERNHEIM GETS A
COUPLE OF CALLS A MONTH FROM
PEOPLE
WHO THINK THEY'VE SEEN THEM...4@
ONLY
TURNING OUT TO BE BOBCATS.