(Yikes!) Savage Beagles Terrorize East End

New York Post ^ | January 31, 2010 | TAYLOR K. VECSEY

[DogByte6RER]

Savage beagles terrorize East End

By TAYLOR K. VECSEY

January 31, 2010

Charlie Brown, watch your back -- a plague of vicious wild beagles has struck Long Island!

These floppy-eared terrors are no lovable Snoopys -- they're abandoned hunting dogs that live in packs and have gone from humble pets to hounds from hell.

Mattituck resident Dot Faszczewski came face to face with the canine menace two weeks ago, when she was set upon by a group of crazed, hungry beagles as she walked her pet dogs near her parents' Orient Point home.

She said it was like a scene from a werewolf movie.

"They were barking so ferociously that I thought they were going to attack my dogs," she said of the Jan. 16 scare.

Her dogs -- who are much bigger than be agles -- were too scared to even bark back.

"I grabbed the two dogs and ran inside," she said. "I just closed the door when they jumped at the door, and they broke that aluminum portion underneath."

The attack happened in a flash. It was only when the 61-year-old dog lover was safely inside that she made the shocking realization her howling attackers weren't coyotes or Rottweilers, but were three frothing, short-legged, brown-and-white beagles.

"I thought 'Why would they be so ferocious?' The bark that they were barking, like they really wanted to eat me up!" she told The Post.

They "were probably cold, hungry and desperate," she said.

The angry beagles that attacked Faszczewski are part of a huge community of feral beagles that roams the woods and fields of eastern Long Island after being abandoned by hunters who used them to track down rabbits.

[DogByte6RER]

What's next...beagles raping, pillaging and plundering?

[DogByte6RER]

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[Coastie]

I used to live in Mattituck. There a lot of summer homes and when the summer people leave, often they leave that cute puppy obtained in June, behind in August, by late September and October, they have formed packs and roam the areas.

[shibumi]

Beware the Beagles From Hell!

Breed specific legislation, anyone?

[InABunkerUnderSF]

It’s viscous Pit Beagles!!!

[Chi-townChief]

They sound more like foxhounds than beagles.

[DogByte6RER]

Ahem...this is NOT one of those vicious, terrorist beagles.

[martin_fierro]

Dot Faszczewski came face to face with the canine menace two weeks ago, when she was set upon by a group of crazed, hungry beagles

The Beagle Has Demanded.

[KevinDavis]

[RegulatorCountry]

I can't quite decide if she's a Coon Hound, or if she's really, really not a Coon Hound, lol.

[DHSMostWanted]

This reminds me of the time I was leaving my parents house and 5 dachsund puppies ran after me. I never laughed so hard in my life.

[DHSMostWanted]

This reminds me of the time I was leaving my parents house and 5 dachsund puppies ran after me. I never laughed so hard in my life.

[Tijeras_Slim]

The needs more investigation.

[hellbender]

Let me know when roving packs of Golden Retrievers beset suburbia.

[JoeProBono]

[Past Your Eyes]

[TYVets]

Dot Faszczewski ever hear of Concealed Carry ?

It's not just about protection from 2 legged criminals.

[TYVets]

Dot Faszczewski ever hear of Concealed Carry ?

It's not just about protection from 2 legged animals.

[Yardstick]

They "were probably cold, hungry and desperate," she said.

Society's fault.

[Darnright]

“The angry beagles”

Somewhere, a grunge band has found its name.