Man faces misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty after his dog kills young raccoon

[burniegoeasily]

http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/in..._charge_o.html

Hope no one sees me and my dog after the squirrels around my house. It is an all out assault on tree rats at my house. I will kill them any way possible. I’m tired of the little turds tearing up everything around my house.

[ipscshooter]

Michigan...

[TexasGulf3]

My right front truck tire is currently under indictment for animal cruelty.

(hehehehehe)

[Terasec]

there is a right way and wrong way to do things,
sending in a dog when you have all the tools at your disposal to trap is wrong,
unethical yes,
Illegal? think thats stretching things a bit.

[bergall]

According to the article, there are controls in place which do in fact make this look like a boundary was crossed. Too bad....had he shot it with a .22 there'd be nothing said about it. Personally, I tend to believe the criminality was there...just on the face of it, it sounds like he made his dog kill a coon. It's not much, but it's the law where he lives and as a guy engaged in wildlife/animal/critter control, he should know better.

[burniegoeasily]

Every morning, when I let my dogs out, I sick them on the squirrels in my back yard.

[bergall]

Originally Posted by burniegoeasily

Every morning, when I let my dogs out, I sick them on the squirrels in my back yard.

There's a couple differences there:
1: they are probably ready to knock the door off the hinges to get
the squirrels
2: there are no witnesses
3: there are no cameras around hearing you 'sick-em...sic'em !'

For all intents and purposes, it's natural predation by one animal on another. Not three guys egging a dog on to kill a captive animal.
It's a fine point, but generally speaking, the more witnesses you have to an event, the more cautious one should be....heheheh

[The Rev]

They call if cruelty, rednecks call it a sport!

[Jim Williams]

WELL mr. m. blumer MUST BE OUT OF HIS BLUMMING MIND. I guess if you had a rattlesnake in your garage he would want you trap and dispose of it properly. What I would do is call Mr. Blumer evertime I had a criddle where I did not want it and let him come over in person and give me instruction on what I need to do. The only reason we had to have the 2nd lawyer in this country is because we got the 1st one. Jim

[sachiko]

The law is the law. Our civilization is based on law. Anyone who believes he is a special person to whom the law doesn't apply is no better than the thugs down in the hood.



You humans have laws It's what make you different from us critters