It is not a happy ending when an animal dies bacause the animal’s owner was not living up to their responsibility.
Over the years we have had to shoot dogs that were attacking livestock and it never made us happy. Some times the circumstances require actions like this; but the owner needs to face punishment for allowing his dog to run loose to begin with.
Owning an animal is a great responsibility and many people fail their animals. That is just a simple fact, no one is forced to have animals so the punishment should be fairly severe when one shirks the job they signed on for when getting the animal.
If you have hoofed animals, you shoot, shovel and shut up..But it is legal...Had a neighbor that shot a dog that got in his turkey pen and killed them...It cost his insurance company 2000 dollars...Birds are not covered by the laws of Michigan. We buried a stray, no collar, trying to get into the pasture with ours goats and a ewe...Did feel a bit sorry, but you do what you have to do.