Quote Originally Posted by rubah View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Marshall Banana View Post
I've lost pets to idiots with guns.
My dad has had to use guns on pets owned by idiots.

(guys, if you let your pit bulls roam around the countryside freely terrorizing other animals and people, you are doing it wrong.)
There's no justification for shooting animals that are just passing through one's yard, though.

Someone on my road lets a pack of beagles run around to hunt things, and they're extremely loud and obnoxious. Still, I don't shoot them. Neighbors' cats come into my yard to fight my old cat and steal his food. Still, I don't shoot them. An evil raccoon comes around, occasionally, and hisses at anyone who looks at it (it also tries to steal my cat's food). Still, I don't shoot it. I didn't shoot any of the birds that terrorized mom and Tiki, and I didn't shoot my neighbor's rooster that chased Tiki and me like it wanted to kill us.

So, I can't, for the life of me, understand why someone would brutally murder a dog while it's walking home. Gypsy stumbled home even after she was shot and died in my yard. Sad.