It's happening in an Orange City neighborhood off Wisconsin Avenue near 17-92.
Harold Sauer is a property caretaker in the area. He said he heard a commotion near a goat pen Friday morning and discovered a horrible scene. Five goats were slaughtered in their pen. Three pit bulls were also in the pen.
Sauer told Local 6 the dogs then started to go after him, but he ran to a phone and called 911.
Sauer said a baby goat that was still alive came out from hiding behind a shed when a Volusia County Sheriff's deputy arrived. That's when one of the pit bulls attacked it, right in front of their eyes, Sauer said.
"I asked the (deputy) to shoot (the dog) and he says, 'I can't, I can't get in trouble,'" said Sauer. "But I even asked him, 'Well, let me have the gun; I'll shoot the damn thing.'"
"I'm devastated," said Patricia Brock, who owned the goats.
When Brock heard all the commotion, she came outside and said the dogs started stalking her. The pit bulls eventually took off and Brock ran to the goat pen.
"As soon as I got to the gate, to the farm gate, I saw my six babies just laying here," said Brock.
Deputies, Orange City police and Animal Control tried to track down the dogs for hours on Friday.
At one point, a neighbor called saying the dogs were cornering his horse, but they took off before being caught.
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| Sauers says since Animal Control and the police won't help them, he'll take care of the problem himself. |
"These are vicious dogs. You can't let this get out of control where they're actually going to attack a kid there's a lot of kids. There's three kids that live in this house over here," said Sauer.
According to Brock and Sauer, Volusia County Animal Control told them they will be impounded if they are caught and would then be released back to their owners.
Brock and Sauer Local 6 that Animal Control told them they've been getting complaints about dogs killing cats in this area for the past four days. Brock and Sauer said they wish they had been alerted, so they could have protected the goats.
(WKMG Orlando - Oct 27, 2012)
