Regrettable as this was, such stories are familiar fare in areas where suburbs mingle with farmland, and penned-up farm animals run afoul of large dogs owned by suburbanites who don't adequately control them.
What bothers us most is that - according to Severn resident Nancy Mitchell - the two county police officers summoned to the scene refused to do anything. While the goats were being torn up, the officers sat in their...
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