Graziers and business owners Tony and Kim McKelvie woke yesterday to the horror that another of their precious Charbray calves had been mauled to death, just as it was recovering from a horrific attack several weeks back.

It is the eighth beast that has been attacked by wild dogs on their property Kimberley Park in the past 12 months.

Now, says Kim, she and her family are so disgusted and outraged that they plan to shoot or poison the dogs.

"The kids are really upset. It affects them deeply. The calves are their pets," she said.

"We'll make application to shoot any of these dogs which come into our property and threaten our animals or family."

Tony said the calf was in a holding pen because it had been injured by a previous dog attack, and more than $250 in vets fees had been spent on its recovery.

"They (the dogs) normally don't go into the pens. But even if it was in a paddock it would have had no hope of getting away.

"Those dogs kill for fun and, once they have their sights set, there is no going back."

Tony said the wounds on the calf "look like a pig dog attack".

"The dogs didn't go for a straight kill; they focused on the face rather than the throat."

Much of the calf's face was torn away.

Tony and Kim said they believed the dogs came from nearby Breakaway Estate.

"They were scared off by workers coming on the farm, and they took off towards the estate."

Mr McKelvie said dog attacks "were getting worse. It needs to stop. These sort of dogs aren't suited in town."

The McKelvies run 250 head on their 3500-acre property, and the financial losses run into up to $800 a beast, they said.

Shooting the dogs is one option, as is a 1080 poisoning programme, they agreed.