“In Texas he would be well within the law shooting the dog. The key being it had been caught in the act killing his chickens.”
I don’t doubt that the shooting as described was legal and justified. The issue is that whether it was or not, some people can get squirrely when you shoot their dogs. Just say’ in.
“”some people can get squirrely when you shoot their dogs””
The person allowing their dog/dogs to run lose is the one responsible for getting their dog shot. Obviously they don’t care about the safety of their own animals. I’ve had to deal with just such a situation back when I was with the Sheriff’s department. The owner got mad an made all kind of threats. When I explained to him that I could take him to jail for his threats he settled down. When I explained the owner of the show sheep his dogs just killed will most likely take him to court he got real quiet. That incident cost him a little over 7,000 dollars and he was court ordered to build pens for his dog’s or have them removed from the property. He got rid of his remaining dogs.
He hunted hogs with dogs and had created quite a problem out in the county.
People get squirrely and get shot all the time. Some folks just ain’t very bright.