ID | #1477469104 |
Added | Wed, 26/10/2016 |
Author | July N. |
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Status | Investigation
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Initial data
The Golubev family was the first to suffer. On the night of July 23, the beast destroyed 95 chickens from them.
— This beast tore the metal mesh and made its way to the chickens, only one managed to survive, although it also bit her. I was sorry to cut her down, I left her, gave her a squash, some water. I closed the place where this animal crawled with an iron sheet, so it tore the mesh in another place, got to the chicken and dragged it away. I can assume that a large dog could have torn the mesh. But what struck me was that several chickens were torn to shreds, and there was almost no blood. And there was no blood on the other chickens at the site of the bites, as if someone had soaked the wounds.
- says Sergey Golubev
The next night, July 24, the beast made its way into two neighboring yards at once. At 79-year-old Alexandra Pechkurova, he destroyed 45 chickens.
— I came in this morning, saw that they were all lying, so I almost died myself. I bought chickens for 90 rubles, raised them, and now there is no one left. Only a few laying hens survived, which were closed in the barn and propped up with a shovel. Now new chickens have been taken. We take care of them, my son-in-law boarded up everything for me, and somewhere even made a double grid. Maybe we'll have time to grow it before winter.
- he saysAlexandra Pechkurova
On the same night, the beast killed 55 chickens at Alexandra's neighbor. Their owner Elena Ovcharova protects the remaining two chickens, who escaped by hiding from the beast, and the newly purchased chickens as the apple of her eye.
— We live like in a war. Everyone gets up at six in the morning, we go to bed after midnight, we close the chickens so that it is impossible to get to them. I put a barrel with an iron basin near the barn at night. If she climbs, maybe rattles, I'll run out, at least catch her. I'm not scared anymore. And the neighbors, who have chickens, sit with the light, watch at night.
- says Elena Afanasyevna
Elena Ovcharova says that a few days ago she saw a very strange dog. She describes her like this: long, thin, with big ears.
— I came to clean the chickens, I see a dog in the garden under tomatoes, she looked at me, her muzzle is so elongated, her fur is short, dark brown and all shiny, she didn't see the paws. In general, I have never seen such dogs before. I was afraid for Baba Shura, suddenly her chickens were attacked again, I ran to her.
- says Ovcharova
In addition to Ovcharova, another resident Evdokia Uvarova saw a strange dog. In addition to the long muzzle, large ears and shiny fur, she also noticed that she had large teats, as if she had recently foaled.
There were several nights of calm after this attack. And on July 29, the beast destroyed Elena Konchagina's chickens. As she said, on the next street, this incomprehensible dog strangled 60 more geese that night.
— My daughter is half a year old, so I'm a light sleeper at night and heard how my chickens were attacked. It all started at 1:24, there were such knocks, as if someone was hammering on the barn with his fist. And everything went quiet after three minutes. I was afraid to go out, my husband is on a business trip. In the morning I found eight chickens dead, only one survived, although there were also traces of fangs on her.
- says Elena
Hypotheses
Mustelids are mammals of the family Carnivora
Most often it is the antics of a ferret on the territory of Russia and neighboring countries are victims of the Chupacabra.
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Feral dogs
The Chupacabra attacks often take the usual forays of feral dogs. These animals alone or in a flock climbs into the yards and attacking chickens, rabbits, sheep, goats, etc. Usually they do it in the winter and other lean periods.
They are able to pereprygivaya (or climbing) over relatively high fences, to make a tunnel, destroy the cage, gnawing the twigs and boards.
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Investigation
Based on the description Elena Ovcharova is "long, thin, with big ears, her muzzle is so elongated, her fur is short, dark brown and all shiny, I didn't see her paws," maybe it's a wild ferret.
Photos for comparison:
Wild ferret paw prints also similar to the prints found at the scene.
Vadim Vasiliev from the Inspectorate for the Protection, Control and Regulation of the Use of Wildlife and their Habitat in the Voronezh Region believes otherwise:
— We are sure that it was an ordinary stray dog or two dogs. The tracks were dog tracks, they are quite large, can belong to a dog from 35 to 40 kilograms. Dogs have adapted to easy and simple prey - chickens. Residents say that there is no blood left. This is because the dog simply presses with its teeth, strangling its victim.
In any case, we are waiting for the expert opinion.
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