Once-feral donkeys restore confidence to Hunter Valley sheep sector demoralised by dog attacks

When Diane Parnell woke one morning to find 25 sheep dead at her Hunter Valley property, she was devastated.

Wild dogs had been lingering for years but the attack that night was the worst.

"They just ran them down, killed them, didn't eat them, didn't tear them to bits or anything — it's just a sport for them."

Ms Parnell would wake at night to check the sheep, she invested in cameras to monitor them and even tried alpacas to keep the dogs away.

"And the dogs got the alpacas."

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Article written By Amelia Bernasconi