Posted on 12/11/2019 5:05:25 AM PST by marktwain
Nickolas B. Monroe, a 26-year-old resident of Walnut Avenue in Bunnell’s Mondex neighborhood, shot and killed a dog Thursday (Dec. 5), firing at the animal in front of its owners, a 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy. The teens had just asked permission from Monroe to look for their dog, a Great Pyrenees, who’d strayed onto Monroe’s property.
The dog, according to Monroe, had previously gone onto his property many times and killed more than a dozen of his chickens, and his owners had been warned.
The incident took place Thursday evening. James Smith, 59, a resident of Walnut Avenue and a neighbor of Monroe’s, had reported to 911 that ” a neighbor shot their dog in front of the children,” according to a sheriff’s incident report.
He told deputies that his daughter–the 15-year-old girl–had lost control of their dog, which had then gone into Monroe’s nearby yard. Smith’s daughter and son went looking for the dog. Monroe gave them permission to look on his property. Smith helped as well, as did Monroe, who brought a flashlight.
But Monroe told Smith that “if the dog had one of his cats he would kill it,” according to a sheriff’s incident report.
They then discovered the dog just inside the wood line in the back of Monroe’s residence. According to Smith, Monroe then pulled a gun from his waistline and shot the dog. Smith reported about six shots, though only one bullet wound was found on the dog. The dog had apparently killed one of Monroe’s cats.
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Flagler’s in Florida, if that’s any help.
Stray dog that harms others animals can be shot
The same is true for stray cats. After being shot with an air rifle two or three times, even stray cats learn to stay away
Mom had a calico with eyes of blue. Thus she named it blue.
One morning just before school, I found the cat lying on the back stoop. Missing one eye, left front leg tore all but off, right side severely chewed. ......Mom nursed the cat back to health. Days later we learned the cat fought and killed several dogs that night. The owners of the dogs would let the dogs roam the streets at night. Well those dogs stopped roaming that night. As for the cat, one eyed, three legged blue lived a long life with Mom. Nobody ever tried to break into our house. ...lol.
Hard to imagine a big and relatively slow Great Pyrenees catching an outdoor cat. I’ve had similarly-sized (150 lb) Newfoundlands, and my cats ran rings around them.
I had a similar experience. A dog ran out in front of my mother and was killed. The dog owner sought damages. I told him to claim against her insurance. They did and lost in court. The dog was lose and stray in violation of the local ordinance
Thank you!! God, it drives me crazy when I see these little stories and can’t figure out where the heck it is. I even went to the news site the article was linked to and couldn’t tell.
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Horribly ignorant comment that far too many people believe. I have seen two dogs who were being walked off leash crushed by cars and I'm certain the dog's owners were ‘certain’ they were reliable off leash also. Until they weren't.
Those images have never left my head and I feel obliged to relay the story any time I hear something like you posted. They are dogs and their instinct will never completely be trained out of them. And their lives and the lives they may harm are not worth the risk simply because it's inconvenient to have them on a leash in any potential dangerous situation.
once a dog gets a taste for fresh chicken...that’s it
Killing dogs that kill livestock is legal in most states.
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“Owners of dog contributed to it’s death.”
You nailed it! Our lefty journalists will have it that the person doing the shooting in front of the poor snowflake teenagers is the bad guy, not the dog.
I happen to be a cat owner, and I do like and respect dogs. But if one comes into my yard and threatens anyone, including the cat, it’s dead. Period. End of story, end of dog.
Many years ago, my brother's cat killed my pet bird.
I told my brother that he should take his cat out and shoot it because that would be the easiest way that cat was gonna leave the world.
He didn't, he should have.
I have always hated cats, and shooting them is as good as it's ever gonna get with me.
It got caught in the poor dog's throat!
Not so clean, considering he was 1 for 6 on target...
We have 2 Pyrenees field dogs and both killed chickens and guineas when we got them as adults.
First one, I merely held the chicken up and yelled at him. Required 2 chickens and 1 guinea.
Second one (younger) required more before getting hit across the face with last chicken.
Pyrenees can be trained. It’s a shame these kids did not invest the time and effort needed.
Neighbors dog kept coming in my brother’s yard and chasing the wild turkeys.
He told the owner that if the dog did it again he would shoot the dog. The neighbor flipped out and told him that he would have him arrested.
So I did a little legal research for Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Game Laws state that it is ok to shoot a dog chasing big game animals. It further states that a turkey is a big game animal.
It goes on to say that the animal cruelty laws do not apply in this situation.
And finally the law requires the shooter to keep the dog and turn it over to law enforcement so they can arrest its owner for failure to keep their dog under control.
I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice. Each state and situation is unique.
I have dogs and Love dogs. However, as a farmer I lost many animals to dogs.
I will promise you this. No matter how well trained your pet is off leash if they see something which sets them off such as a cat,squirrel or another dog, at one point they will bolt.
The only exception I have seen to this are professionally trained k-9’s and those animals are actually constantly in training by their handlers so as to re enforce what they have previously learned.
My strong advice is to NEVER take your dogs out without a leash unless they are in a securely fenced area.
I had to do that to two dogs years ago. They escaped a farm half a mile from me, came up into my doorway and trapped the kid’s pet kitten against the screen door and ripped it apart.
The owner of the dogs was not happy his dogs were dead. The wife of the owner of the now dead dogs complained to a woman she worked with, and come to find out that woman was my next door neighbor. She said she was glad the dogs were shot as her little daughter loved to play with that kitten. What would have happened if she had been playing with it when the dogs attacked.
Even the city cop supported my decision.
Some dogs are virtually untrainable against their natural hunt & kill instincts.
Unfortunately they attacked and killed a neighbor's cow. Of course he had to reimburse the neighbor for the cow but also had to euthanize the dogs......
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