My opinion on this is that the whole thing is sad and unfortunate. I hope they take it as a lesson learned, though. I don't understand putting the dog into a bag and tossing it into the truck, that seems especially heartless. And, I don't think I could personally shoot a dog for trespassing, but, I don't know. If I had livestock, especially if the livestock was part of my livelihood, I might protect it in that way if I had to. Jack Russells do have a really high prey drive, so, it's perfectly reasonable to think the dog posed an immediate threat to the man's chickens. And, the dog's family moved there because of the "simpler" lifestyle. Unfortunately, that kind of swift, fatal action seems to be a part of that simple lifestyle. I would love to live out in the country, further away from suburbia, but, I can guarantee you I'd have a fence that would keep pets and children in and other animals and people out. There are too many things that can happen out in the country. They may be completely different threats than what you face living in the city, but, they are still present. And, until they change their law about people being able to shoot dogs that trespass and pose a threat to livestock, that man had every right to do that, whether it's morally right or not. And, whether they deem it a very unmodern, "colonial," thing to do, he was not breaking the law.

I'm sorry for the family and for Penny. I really hope that, if they get another dog, they put a fence up.