I get it, he was well within his "legal" rights or we'd have actually called a lawyer by now and gotten the police involved.
I suppose my biggest problem is that throughout the whole thing, it felt like we were being fed lines of BS to make it sound more justified than it was.
Yes - dogs barking at his chickens on his property means he can kill them. Honestly, I would have reather had the game warden say that than try and string it out into some bizarre falsehood to make it seem like an "accident" that this guy killed our dogs or that his hand was forced.
Tell it like it is - He knew he could and so he did. He just couldn't be bothered to care and took precious life because he could.
I can see where the hate in society perpetuates, because it makes me wish his little yapping dogs would find their way to my property some day so I can return the favor. Problem is, even if they were huge dogs, I wouldn't shoot them. I'd risk being mauled and wrestle them into submission if it meant I didn't have to kill them.
I suppose the law keeps people from being complete insensate evil and just draws the line at "cruel" while never asking for "good" out of them. Sticking to the letter of the law doesn't make you a good person, it just makes you a passable citizen. :sigh:

