Dog Cull Being Planned on Reserve After Woman Fatally Mauled

File photo shows dog searches for food along a highway median on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico, where a dog-mauling killed a 3-year-old boy. Leaders on the Little Grand Rapids reserve in Manitoba are planning a cull of stray dogs after the recent mauling death of a 24-year-old woman. AP Photo/Jeri Clausing

LITTLE GRAND RAPIDS, Man.—As leaders on a northern Manitoba First Nation plan a cull of stray dogs, some rescue groups and veterinarians in the province say there should be more spay and neuter clinics in remote areas.

The issue has taken on new urgency after the mauling death of a 24-year-old woman last weekend in Little Grand Rapids, a fly-in settlement 300 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.

The body of Donnelly Rose Eaglestick was found surrounded by about 30 dogs.

Several media outlets are reporting that the chief of the reserve is now offering a $25 a head bounty on strays as part of an organized cull.

Meanwhile, Dr. Jonas Watson of the Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association says a review is underway of a rule saying any temporary spay and neuter clinic has to notify all vets within 250 kilometres at least 10 weeks in advance.

Stray dogs have long been a problem on remote reserves across the Prairies and there have been other deaths.