Heartbroken Glen Innes resident Kerry Walsh approached the Examiner after her pets Nancy a three-year-old goat and Geoppry the five-year-old sheep were mauled to death on her six foot fenced quarter acre property.

The attack came just two weeks after her pair of Mallard ducks and their 14 ducklings were also viciously attacked and killed.

“I was really horrified their whole faces had been shredded it was just dreadful. It looked as though their snouts had been sliced with razor blades,” she said.

“I was kept awake through the night by what sounded like a dog being choked I thought it was my neighbours dog but the next morning I realised the screams were from my kelpie (kept in the segregated house yard).”

Mrs Walsh did not see the attack but suspected a dog or pack of dogs was involved as Geoppry weighed over 120kg.

“I just want to warn people how dangerous dogs can be. If a dog is out a kid wouldn’t stand a chance they weigh a lot less than my sheep,” she said.

“I really think legal measures have to be made stronger. I can’t believe this was allowed to happen.”

Council’s Director of Development and Environmental Services Graham Price said the incident was difficult for the rangers to investigate as no one had witnessed the attack and could not identify the dog or dogs in question.