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<clifffreeling@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> First of all, I love dogs (most of the friendly ones anyway) and have
> had dogs myself, but this.....
>
> A woman has irresponsible neighbors who let their dogs run unrestrained
> as a day-to-day practice onto her property. After lodging 45
> complaints
> to local animal control and police over a three-year period, with
> apparently
> no results, she decides to go the poison route. One dog dies and she's
> facing a felony animal cruelty charge!
>
> Of course, the situation would be different if she'd killed the dog OFF
> of
> her property. I agree that poisoning ain't a nice way to die, but
> what's
> next, a ban on HotShot and Raid? Are you gonna tell me that insects
> do not feel discomfort when dying from Raid? Ever watched a cockroach
> writhing in agony on its back after being poisoned by bug spray? On
> my
> condo property, a while back the powers that be decided to put out
> little
> lures which were to catch and poison "rodents" (squirrels and
> chipmunks).
> I was tempted to pick these traps up and toss them because I am not
> too keen on poisoning these critters, but I do not think they caught
> many,
> or any, as we apparently have smart chipmunks around here, but the
> point
> is, why is putting out these traps not considered also a felony?
>
> A dog running onto a person's property can be far more annoying (and
> dangerous)
> than a cockroach or silverfish visiting. They can attack kids and
> other animals,
> not to mention get into trash cans and shit all over your lawn. I
> just do not
> get it.
It is simple enough. The law permits the land owner to deal with invasion
by other people's animals in the manner which does the least damage to the
owners of the animals. It is very easy to put a humane trap on the land and
bait it with good stuff. Then you take the trap, with dog, to the pound.
The pound calls the dog's owner who bails out the dog. Then you do it again
the following week. Eventually, the dog owner tires of paying money to bail
out the dog and does the responsible thing about controlling the dog.
The traps are inexpensive and easy to use. If the dogs in question are
heavy, the trick is to set the trap in the back of a pickup or van. The
animal control people will lift it out for you, take the dog out, give you
back the trap.
If there were no means of defending one's property from dogs other than
killing them, there would be no law making it a felony to kill them. But
there are and there are.
This answer must not be relied on as legal advice for the reasons posted
here: http://mcgyverdisclaimer.blogspot.com
McGyver
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Re: Somebody explain this to me
