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Alpaca Killed, Two Other Animals Injured in Dog Attack at “Sanctuary”

Incident Date:
02/04/2026
Location:
Hudson, CO - USA
Facility Name:
Creative Acres Animal Sanctuary
Facility Type:
Non-accredited Facility (RSZ)
Incident Category:
Animal Death (AD)
Species:
Other
Animal:
Alpaca
Animal disposition:
Dead

Summary:

HUDSON,CO –  Officials are investigating an attack that left one of her alpacas dead and two other animals injured. Friday morning, her dogs alerted her that something wasn’t right. Mager left her home to check on the commotion. “I see this big old bushy thing, and I know it’s a dog. It was a German shepherd,” she said.

She says two of her neighbors’ dogs were roaming free and somehow got into her yard. She chased one off, but the other one had already done damage. “I noticed the other one was in my pen, where the- some of the farm animals were, and it was over my alpaca,” Mager said. The alpaca was dead. She found another one badly injured, and her Shetland pony had also been attacked. Adams County Animal Control officers found the dogs and impounded them.

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