Pack of dogs kill school animals

Dogs let loose by intruders into a college in Sydney's west have destroyed a number of the school's farm animals, police say.
Sheep and chicken carcasses were discovered by a staff member at the Bidwell campus of Chifley College yesterday afternoon.
An unknown number of people were believed to have entered the college's agricultural grounds on Saturday night after cutting a hole in a wire fence, police said.
The intruders then cut a lock to a paddock containing three sheep, including a ram and two pregnant ewes, allowing dogs to enter the paddock and attack the sheep.
The dogs then moved to a nearby paddock and killed a number of chickens, police said.
Police believe the intruders released the dogs into the property intentionally.
"Given all the evidence police have at this stage it certainly appears that is the case - there's no other reason for the fence to be cut," chief inspector Guy Haberley of Mount Druitt police said.
RSPCA inspectors investigating the incident said at least two dogs were involved in the attack, he said.
"Chifley College, Bidwell campus, is shocked and saddened at the break-in of the school and loss of its farm animals," a spokesman from the Department of Education and Training said.
The animals were being used in junior science and biology classes, and counselling had been offered to students, he said.
Anyone with information is urged to phone Mount Druitt police station on 9625 0000 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.