It’s not legal to poison animals here either, and I wouldn’t do such a thing. It’s not the dog’s fault.
But I could see someone having had enough resorting to that sort of thing.
So can I-out here, dogs have been shot by property owners for running livestock like goats and chickens too, and that is perfectly legal if provable. I still feel sorry for the dog, too-pets deserve an owner who cares for them by keeping them, and others safe.
I’m just glad the jerk here racked up enough fines to keep the dog in-I would have hated for it to become take-out for that mountain lion-there are way more than enough deer, wild pigs and various rodents for it to eat in this mostly-forested area.