An emergency text message alerting residents of a rural South Korean town to watch out for 70 ferocious dogs on the loose had to be quickly withdrawn after it turned out only three canines had wandered off a farm in the area, officials said.
\nWednesday\u2019s alert from the Dong-gu district office in Daejeon followed a report from the civic emergency service that a caller had reported seeing \u201c70 large dogs\u201d roaming an area on the city\u2019s outskirts.
\n\u201cWe were trying to get the word out for people to be cautious, since they said it was 70 large dogs,\u201d an official in the district south of the capital, Seoul, said by telephone.
\nThe official, who declined to be identified, said the district office had erred on the side of caution by issuing the alert based on the initial witness report, in case the animals proved to be a threat to the public.
\nA second alert issued 20 minutes later said only three dogs had escaped from the farm and had been recovered.
\nA police officer stationed in the area confirmed the \u201cnot very large\u201d animals were all back at the farm.
\nHundreds of farms in South Korea keep dogs, but in this case the animals appeared to have been pets or working dogs.
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