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Feral Beagles Harass Long Island Residents
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by Blaine Metzgar | February 2, 2010 at 03:37 pm
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Residents of Long Island, New York have been complaining of being harassed by a roaming band of feral beagles in the area. Calling the the woods and fields of eastern Long Island their home, the feral beagles have formed a veritable pack after being abandoned by hunters in the area who once used them to hunt rabbits.
Residents like Dot Faszczewski have been reporting attacks and confrontations with the usually adorable, floppy-eared pups. Faszczewski told the New York Post of one such experience with the dogs while she was on a walk with her own pooch on January 16, 2010.
"I grabbed the two dogs and ran inside," she said. "I just closed the door when they jumped at the door, and they broke that aluminum portion underneath."
The attack happened in a flash. It was only when the 61-year-old dog lover was safely inside that she made the shocking realization her howling attackers weren't coyotes or Rottweilers, but were three frothing, short-legged, brown-and-white beagles.
"I thought 'Why would they be so ferocious?' The bark that they were barking, like they really wanted to eat me up!"
Activists in the area claim hunters don't even blink an eye at the notion of abandoning sub-par hunting dogs during the season from November-to-February even going so far as to threaten shelter workers with statements like, "if you don't take the dog, I'll shoot it in the head."
One year, upwards of 30-to-40 dogs were abandoned with 2 found dead.
These abandoned beagles then band together and form communities which then hunt visciously in packs for food.
Activists and local shelters are doing as much as they can to find homes for the abandoned hounds.
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at 06:34 on February 3rd, 2010
Trigger happy and brain dead irresponsible humanoids, causing great harm to nature and communities. Maybe we should round those hunters up and set them out on deserted island with out their guns. See how they feel about that.
at 06:49 on February 3rd, 2010
I think the Government should step in and release some wovles to help control the population of the wild and ferocious beagles before the packs get out of hand. The coytes won't be able to stop the beagles.
at 08:34 on February 3rd, 2010
Wealthy Republican philosophy in action = cruelty to animals
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"The 'cheapest' expensive place to live on the list, Port Washington, NY (Long Island) has a median home price of a mere $315,000."
at 21:24 on February 3rd, 2010
Hey Hidflect -
Those rich areas on Long Island are pretty much split between Democrats and Republicans. Don't assume wealth = Republican. In NYC and its outlying suburbs, it's often quite the opposite.
at 15:15 on February 6th, 2010
Although hunters do abandon beagles on Eastern Long Island, this particular case has been blown completely out of proportion and the NY Post has sensationalized it in order to sell papers. In the original interview (from The Suffolk Times newspaper) Mrs. Fascezwski never stated that the beagles were feral or even that she was frightened of them:"Ms. Faszczewski, 61, said she couldn't tell how many dogs were running toward her, but she could tell that they were beagles. She said she and her young dogs -- a black labrabor and a labrador-bulldog mix -- ran back into the house, just in time for the beagles to jump at the back door and break a bottom panel."They were barking furiously, then they ran off," she said. "People just drop these dogs off and leave them. I'm sure they come from the city, most likely. They must [have been] treated very badly."These dogs are not hostile, aggressive, or frightening in any way. They most likely were running to get into the house, not to attack Mrs. F. or her dogs. Once the press picked up on this story, it got more and more ridiculous and Mrs. F., who seemed to like all the attention, made her story more and more sensational. It's really ridiculous.Yes, the beagles get abandoned. Sometimes they end up starving to death or they get hit by cars. But they do not roam around in feral packs attacking residents. Most end up at the shelters. They are beautiful, affectionate dogs and the minute they see people, their tails start wagging. These sensational stories do an injustice to the beagles. These dogs need to be adopted, not condemned to being though of as feral or vicious. Mrs. F. should be ashamed of herself for doing all these ridiculous interviews.
at 16:43 on February 12th, 2010
These hunters should get a taste of their own medicine. How would they like to be left to fend for themselves. Beagles are gentle, sweet animals and were probably just hungry trying to forage for food.