Yeah, it's terrible when stuff like that happens.
I learnt not long ago, that the last of "Bears" brothers and sisters were put down by the farmer who I originally got him from. I asked him why he put them down (they were shot of course) or not simply given to the local RSPCA, and his reply was "Well they wouldn't work the cattle good enough, and the RSPCA costs money". This particular farmer owns some 4000 acres of prime country, and probably makes gazillions of bucks a year. But unfortunately, it's the way dogs are treated by the farmers.
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