Found a post on one of the local mountain FB groups today that has blown up into a huge debate that the read was fascinating.
Dude reports (anonymously, many FB sites allow this) that yesterday he sees a pitbull mix enter his yard on his ring camera, and then sees it again on his camera by his chicken coop. Proceeds to grab his spoon and head out to the coop where he finds the dog has broken through coop door and is proceeding to attack his chickens. The dog apparently was menacing him as he approached the coop, so he put a .44 slug in the dog. It killed one of his birds, injured a couple others that he reports will likely survive. He immediately called the Sherrif and Animal control to report what happened and make reports of the incident. AC took photos, his statement and removed the dog from the site.
It is completely legal to dispatch a dog killing livestock on your property up here. Dude lives in an area called Crystal Falls that is referred to as "Crystal Meth Falls" and "The Getto in the Meadow" due to its bad reputation and many shady residents. My chick lives in the area and there are dogs running free all over the place on a regular so this is not surprising in the least.
The support of the guy was running at a solid 5 to 1 in the post which had over a hundred replies in just a few hours. Dude posted photos of the dispatched dog in the coop, the chicken in its mouth and feathers everywhere. He also posted a shot of the collar with the tag turned away stating, "If this was your dog its remains can be collected at the Animal Control offices".
Gotta love this country livin'...
