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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock Mews Staff Writer
At Monday’s first meeting of the new year, the Rappahannock supervisors signaled their intention to discontinue payments to farmers for livestock killed by dogs.
The impetus was a claim for a 200 pound calf from Thomas Wingfield presented by dog warden Jack Bruce. “It was a beautiful calf—no question about that—but there was no sign of dogs being around,” Bruce said.
In checking the carcass, Bruce said he found the left ear removed almost as if it Were cut off by a butcher knife but "not another hair out of place...To me, it looked like a bear case.”
“If you don’t think it was killed by a dog, our rules say we don’t pay,” chairman E. P. Luke responded as the supervisors voted unanimously to deny the claim.
“Whether we’re going to keep on paying dog claims is
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