Lockhart: Pit bull shot after attacking livestock

[Moonpie]

Lockhart family shoots neighbor's pit bulls after attack on livestock

Michelle Gomez said her pig and donkey were attacked and her three chickens, foal, and a miniature horse were killed in the past two years.

www.fox7austin.com

 

[BeatTheTunaUp]

Sounds like it was an ongoing problem that the dog owner refused to address. FAFO goes for dogs too.

 

[Mohawk600]

I saw that. Hopefully they get some relief. At least the husband took care of the problem.

 

[Whistler]

Not much else you can do if the dog owner won't manage his own animals. Had a few similar problems out here in years past, not so much now.

 

[Tnhawk]

Shoot it, Shovel it, Say nothing is the rule that should have been applied.

 

[TxStetson]

Shoot it, Shovel it, Say nothing is the rule that should have been applied.

Too long winded. We just say shoot, shovel, and shut up.

 

[Tnhawk]

Shoot it, Shovel it, Say nothing is the rule that should have been applied.

My mother had a problem with dogs from a neighbor became an issue. When neighbor asked if she had seen the dogs she simply replied, "Haven't seen them for a few days."

 

[roadkill]

Don’t think she’ll get much relief from the county in her lawsuit but maybe the neighbor has some assets she can tap into to pay for her previous losses. If it was me I’d have shot the dogs after the first livestock loss. Especially if the neighbor had been warned/cited already.

 

[baboon]

On my property it’s my law. Perhaps not the first time but for sure the first time I saw and was armed. Hopefully this doesn’t blow up into a feud.

My friend Ralph had neighbors that dogs were trained to chase deer back to their owner to poach. He had a shoot to kill any dog other than his or his friends that had dogs. The nice thing about acreage is shoveling is it always needed. Vultures and other critter soul mission in life is as a cleanup crew.

 

[striker55]

Don't get me started, we took neighbors to court and won. Dogs were considered "dangerous", owner had to adhere to restrictions. Animal control was supposed to supervise them. The owner wasn't doing what he was supposed to do but got around it by claiming the dog died. They since moved out.