dog shot over chiken
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Re: dog shot over chiken
I would contact the land owner who rents it out and try to buy it from him while they staying there and give them the boot!!!!
Re: dog shot over chiken
Sad situation but it happens a lot more than we know. What I have noticed is ones a dog gets the taste of killing chickens they will be back to kill again. If my dog kills a chicken the first time that's his fault but if he kills it again that's my fault.
Years ago my uncle who lives just at the edge of a very, very small town and had a farm butted up to his back yard separated by a boundary filed fence. My uncle always planted a huge garden as he had four growing kids to feed. The farmer raised hogs and allowed them to roam the pasture field across the boundary fence so his sows decided they loved my uncles garden vegetables more than he did. My uncle got them back through the fence and called the farmer to tell him what had happened when the rooted up the biggest part of his garden. The farmer stated he would repair the fence, which he did and my uncle replanted. When the garden got up nice again the sows rooted through the fence and destroyed the garden again. This time my uncle paid the farmer a visit only to be told he had no control over them breaking through the fence as it was in good repair. My uncle being fed up with this as it had happened for a couple of garden seasons contacted a lawyer for advise. He then placed "NO trespassing" signs along the fence between his and the farmers property and planted his garden. Sure enough the sows took another hankering some fresh veggies and my uncle shot and killed two big ole sows. He then called the farmer and told him two of his sows had just destroyed his garden again and the farmer replied that he was sorry but he couldn't keep them from rooting through the fence. My uncle said well these two won't be doing it any longer and asked him what he wanted done with the two sows. The farmer got the county police to come with him to load up to two shot up sows and make out a report about the back yard slaughter. The farmer then sued my uncle for killing his two good reproducing sows for a pretty good amount of money for not only the sows but for the future piglets they could of or would of produced. As I sated my uncle had already consulted an attorney so they went to court and the farmer pleaded his case of my uncle recklessly slaughtering his livelihood. My uncle got on the stand to tell his side of the story which was that he had dealt with these sows rooting up his garden for a couple years and notified the farmer via phone and in person on several occasions and then put up "no trespassing signs" all along the property line border. He told the judge that the farmer had definitely seen the signs as one was right where he had to move it to repair the rooted through fence. The farmer kind of chuckled and told the judge that his hogs couldn't read. The judge ruled after hearing both parties testimony and ruled in favor of my uncle. the judge stated that although the sows could NOT read, he as the owner sure could. That in and of itself gave the property owner the right to defend his property from destruction BUT the fact that the farmer was notified several times over the past couple of years should have made him do something to keep the sows from destroying his neighbors property regardless of them being farm animals or pets. This judge went on to say that regardless of it being farm animals or pets it is the owners responsibility to assure they do not destroy another persons property and the farmer lost two nice sows blown to pieces when my uncle emptied his 12 gauge shotgun into them point blank.
Years ago my uncle who lives just at the edge of a very, very small town and had a farm butted up to his back yard separated by a boundary filed fence. My uncle always planted a huge garden as he had four growing kids to feed. The farmer raised hogs and allowed them to roam the pasture field across the boundary fence so his sows decided they loved my uncles garden vegetables more than he did. My uncle got them back through the fence and called the farmer to tell him what had happened when the rooted up the biggest part of his garden. The farmer stated he would repair the fence, which he did and my uncle replanted. When the garden got up nice again the sows rooted through the fence and destroyed the garden again. This time my uncle paid the farmer a visit only to be told he had no control over them breaking through the fence as it was in good repair. My uncle being fed up with this as it had happened for a couple of garden seasons contacted a lawyer for advise. He then placed "NO trespassing" signs along the fence between his and the farmers property and planted his garden. Sure enough the sows took another hankering some fresh veggies and my uncle shot and killed two big ole sows. He then called the farmer and told him two of his sows had just destroyed his garden again and the farmer replied that he was sorry but he couldn't keep them from rooting through the fence. My uncle said well these two won't be doing it any longer and asked him what he wanted done with the two sows. The farmer got the county police to come with him to load up to two shot up sows and make out a report about the back yard slaughter. The farmer then sued my uncle for killing his two good reproducing sows for a pretty good amount of money for not only the sows but for the future piglets they could of or would of produced. As I sated my uncle had already consulted an attorney so they went to court and the farmer pleaded his case of my uncle recklessly slaughtering his livelihood. My uncle got on the stand to tell his side of the story which was that he had dealt with these sows rooting up his garden for a couple years and notified the farmer via phone and in person on several occasions and then put up "no trespassing signs" all along the property line border. He told the judge that the farmer had definitely seen the signs as one was right where he had to move it to repair the rooted through fence. The farmer kind of chuckled and told the judge that his hogs couldn't read. The judge ruled after hearing both parties testimony and ruled in favor of my uncle. the judge stated that although the sows could NOT read, he as the owner sure could. That in and of itself gave the property owner the right to defend his property from destruction BUT the fact that the farmer was notified several times over the past couple of years should have made him do something to keep the sows from destroying his neighbors property regardless of them being farm animals or pets. This judge went on to say that regardless of it being farm animals or pets it is the owners responsibility to assure they do not destroy another persons property and the farmer lost two nice sows blown to pieces when my uncle emptied his 12 gauge shotgun into them point blank.