A neighbour has an ex partner who has been stalking her for several years. She threw him out after he attacked her with a hammer and he is now totally out of control. Some of his party tricks include putting a red belly black snake in each of her work boots left on the veranda overnight, setting a large eucalyptus tree along side her house on fire and throwing an expensive water pump into her dam.
I run sheep on her property. A couple of years ago she found a new born lamb abandoned by its mum. It was frozen, very weak and near death. Frankly I thought she was mad, but she took it in by her fire, warmed it up and hand fed it. It was a miracle but she managed to save it. It grew and grew and grew, until it was a huge wether, weighing well over 100 kg. It followed her around the paddocks when she fed her horses and would regularly sit on her doorstep guarding her from tradesmen etc who called, charging them like a ram if he felt they shouldn't be there. He was a real character.
One morning he fell ill with an unexplained temperature, racing pulse and extreme agitation. His symptoms got progressively worse and a vet was called. The vet stayed for nearly 12 hours, trying to save the beloved pet sheep, but unfortunately it died an agonising death in the early hours of the following morning. Blood tests later showed the sheep had been dosed up with large amounts of amphetamine, deliberately poisoned by the stalking ex.
There are no words to describe some-one who could do that.
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