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Sheepdog kills bloodthirsty pack of wild coyotes to save his farmer’s flock

The loyal sheepdog bravely went up against a pack of 11 bloodthirsty coyotes threatening his owner's farm

A sheepdog with a dog collar in a vet hospital.
Casper, the 20-month-old sheepdog, bravely fought against eleven coyotes. Photo by Facebook

Casper, a Great Pyrenees from Decatur, Georgia, has proved himself as trusty as a sheepdog can be after killing a pack of bloodthirsty coyotes hungry for his owner’s sheep, all on his own.

The 20-month-old dog bravely went up against a pack of 11 coyotes threatening his sheep farm — killing eight— in a fight that lasted more than half an hour, said farmer John Wierwiller.

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A bloodied Casper survived with skin and part of his tail torn off, Wierwiller told Atlanta television station WAGA-TV.

He scampered off but returned injured two days later after Wierwiller put out a call on social media.

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“He was kinda looking at me like, ‘Boss, stop looking at how bad I look, just take care of me,”’ Wierwiller said. “It looked like a coyote grabbed his skin and peeled it right off.”

‘It looked like a coyote grabbed his skin and peeled it right off,’ says Casper’s owner.
‘It looked like a coyote grabbed his skin and peeled it right off,’ says Casper’s owner. Photo by Facebook

Wierwiller took Casper to the hospital in critical condition, he wrote on Facebook. Casper received sutures and stayed under medical supervision, he added. While the loyal sheepdog is returning to his old self, he is “a little tentative about everything,” Wierwiler said.

Last week, emergency vets closed up his neck wounds to halt the chance of an infection and, if all goes well, determined he may not need any skin grafts.

LifeLine Animal Project has raised more than $15,000 for Casper’s hospital bills.

Though dogs rarely prevail like Casper, packs of coyotes attacking pets have grown somewhat common in rural and growing suburban areas that abut wildlands throughout the United States and Canada.

Additional reporting from the Associated Press