Farmers say they have increased the numbers of dogs they keep for protection , although some packs are used to hunt depleted wildlife .
" New " farmers say they have increased the numbers of dogs they keep for " protection " but former farmers say the packs are used to hunt depleted wildlife .
Mr. Geoghan was taken to the University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Alliance Hospital in Leominster , Mass . , where he died at 1 : 17 p.m.