Ranee Mueller wrote:

> In article >,
> ~patches~ > wrote:
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>>Too true and really I don't hold it against the dog. We have a very,
>>very rigid leash law hear. People are fined $200 first offense if their
>>dog is not on a leash and $500 if they don't clean up after it. They
>>are very serious about enforcing both too.
>
>
> I know of too many people who have lost their entire chicken flocks
> to neighbors' dogs. Unless you catch them on film, there is pretty much
> nothing you can do. The police try to be helpful, but there isn't a
> lot. You can legally kill the dog if you see it on your property, and
> since so many of the neighbors don't seem to care that their dogs are
> running loose and killing other people's animals, that seems like a
> reasonable response. I wouldn't eat it, but I have no problem with
> those people who would.

Yep I know where you and they are coming from. Farmers do the same with
strays here too out of necessity. We're lucky the lease law if so
strict as that does cut down on stray dogs. Ferral cats and other wild
critters are another matter.