Dog attack on resort zoo animals deemed a ‘freak accident’

  • Owners of the Exotic Resort Zoo – a tour pictured here in July – in Johnson City confirmed that they captured and confined a couple of unidentified domesticated dogs running wild after they killed several of the venue’s sheep on Dec. 28. Contributed
    Owners of the Exotic Resort Zoo – a tour pictured here in July – in Johnson City confirmed that they captured and confined a couple of unidentified domesticated dogs running wild after they killed several of the venue’s sheep on Dec. 28. Contributed
For Exotic Resort Zoo co-owner Donavan Trahan, an experience involving the death of several of their venue’s animals came as a surprise. “It’s a freak accident. That’s all it is. We get coyotes. We get bobcats. We get all kinds (of wildlife) getting in here,” he said. “It just so happens some neighbor dogs found their way in here somehow and did what they did.” Trahan described how his staff…

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