Don’t Mess With the Dog Collars
It was only about a year ago when I brought you the press release from NCWC reminding folks to not mess with hunting dog collars. Well it’s happening again and I suspect it happens about this time every year because of hunting seasons. The Asheville Citizens Times has a story about hunters losing dogs because someone is removing the tracking collars.
Who is doing it? Someone who is mistakenly thinking it’s a shock collar designed to hurt the dog? Anti hunters? Other hunters either those opposed to hunting with dogs or those who may want to steal the dogs? At this point we don’t know but it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s some sort of a combination of the above.
Kasey Strganac had two dogs with her when she went bear hunting last Saturday morning. At the end of the day, she couldn’t find either. Strganac later discovered the tracking collars for both dogs - along with the collar for a third dog - in a pile beside a trail in Shining Rock Wilderness Area. One of her dogs was found, collarless, by other hunters late Saturday night. Her 8-month-old Plott hound, Voodoo, is still missing.
It is against the law to mess with the dogs collars and you can be facing a stiff fine if caught. We certainly hope that Kasey can find Voodoo as well as the other dogs that were lost this past weekend as well.
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My guess is anti-hunters, but who knows? Interesting post.
Comment by Matt — October 31, 2007 @ 3:52 pm