I can't believe this...

[Lady's Human]

If the dogs have had their shots, they'll be fine.

There weren's many other choices for the officer, especially if he thought the dog could be rabid. In addition, in areas where deer hunting is a common activity, it's not uncommon for dogs who are chasing deer to be shot.

[Toby's my baby]

If the dogs have had their shots, they'll be fine.

There weren's many other choices for the officer, especially if he thought the dog could be rabid. In addition, in areas where deer hunting is a common activity, it's not uncommon for dogs who are chasing deer to be shot.

We live in a highly common hunting area (we have "hunting day" off at school ) and Emma (Dogz) dog Chubby got shot, but i dont remeber if he was chasing anything, i think he was just out in a guys feild

[Addie]

the dog had the shots right? He could have made sure or made a noise to see if the og was only doing that because it was hurt or lonely...it even had identification tags on. I would get bit by another dog to see if it had rabies before i shot it*Which i would never ever ever do* I got bit by a bat and had to get rabies shots...so what...we even let the bat go because i was afraid to kill it...i would have got rabies shots to save the dog, tetanus, whatever! Evidently he is more concerned about himself than the family who owns the dog...i mean...does a deer really bite dogs? If he said he saw the dog chasing a deer the only way to get rabies is if the deer bit it...highly unlikely...geeze...people suck...

[poofy]

bad judgement on his part, shouldnt be a police man..who will he kill next..

[lv4dogs]

That is a shame. They should of tried to catch the dog via a catchpole (I think thats the name, it's a lead on a pole) or a trap or something.

Worse case scenario should of been that the dog go through a quarantine process.

I'm not defending the police officer or anything and I don't even agree with it but here it is illegal if a dog chases deer. So illegal that is legal to shoot any dog who is caught chasing deer. I don't know if they have the same rule there or not.

[dab_20]

That's really sad. Howling and acting hurt doesn't mean the beagle has rabies!! I don't know whats up with that police officer. He should feel bad about it!! Maybe the dog was hurt.... it's just riduculous what he did.

I'm not defending the police officer or anything and I don't even agree with it but here it is illegal if a dog chases deer. So illegal that is legal to shoot any dog who is caught chasing deer. I don't know if they have the same rule there or not.

The dog was chasing a squirrel, not a deer. I don't think it is illegal there... Wisconsin is right next to me.

[IRescue452]

What's worse is he left the body lay there. He didn't take it in to be checked and he didn't bother looking at the collar. if he legitimately thought it had rabies he shouldn't have left the body lay.

[lv4dogs]

That's really sad. Howling and acting hurt doesn't mean the beagle has rabies!! I don't know whats up with that police officer. He should feel bad about it!! Maybe the dog was hurt.... it's just riduculous what he did.



The dog was chasing a squirrel, not a deer. I don't think it is illegal there... Wisconsin is right next to me.

Well it did say that the dog MAY have been chasing deer for the past 2 days. I thought it said that the dog was chasing deer for the past 2 days.

[IRescue452]

Must be a Wisconsin police thing. We put our dogs inside in their kennels if the police are in the neighborhood. A few years ago a policeman in Milwaukee shot a cocker spaniel that was running up the driveway to meet him. Its tail was wagging and the lady was yelling not to worry it wouldn't hurt him, and he just pulled the gun. I honestly don't trust police around here. A beagle is going to howl if it finds a bunny down a hole, thats what they do. He could have caught it without getting hurt. Most cops here have catchpoles. The lady should have gone looking for her dog though.