[hanamizu]

Most of the rural/country folk I’ve talked to since this story leaked have been flabbergasted by people’s negative reactions, because chicken-killers are liabilities.

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I grew up in a city, but have lived in the countryside for the last half century or so. Dogs that mess with neighbors’ chickens are expected to be put down. And no, if you are really living in the sticks, there aren’t shelters to take them in.

[OakOak]

And I think it’s gonna be a long, long time
‘Til touchdown brings me ‘round again to find
I’m not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
I’m a rocket man
Rocket man!

[Armscor38]

“Dogs that mess with neighbors’ chickens are expected to be put down.”

Why was the dog allowed to run loose on a neighbors property? Especially if it was deemed to be vicious and dangerous?

[daler]

We had a car/bike chasing dog that, except for that, was very loving.

After she nipped the ankle of a bicycle rider, our dog was issued a “dangerous dog” citation by local law enforcement, so we decided it best to give her away to a farm family, where she’d be far from road traffic.

We quickly learned that our legal liability would follow the dog no matter where she ended up, so we were forced to put her down, which was devastating to our family.