Really well said, Moto, Steve & CT. I couldn't agree more.
Given the dog's attack, I see no alternative. He was in no way threatened or starving. He obviously meant to drag the child off to a safe place to continue. (then when countered, bravely ran away)
The wounds were not a "nip", he meant to and did draw blood. Certainly not a warning. He stalked and attacked.
In a pack of his own kind, had he done this, the punishment would be an attack by other dogs and if he survived, he would be cast out of the fold. Which would work out the same way eventually with the dogs demise.
I should say we feed, I dunno how many critters in the yard (winters) and have hotly debated catch and release program for spiders. They are all under a Carol mandated death sentence. So we got an underground, rescue sort of thing going on.
My point being that life, most especially young life is important. Threats to that need to be surgically removed.
Still, very very sad but I could push the plunger.
Given the dog's attack, I see no alternative. He was in no way threatened or starving. He obviously meant to drag the child off to a safe place to continue. (then when countered, bravely ran away)
The wounds were not a "nip", he meant to and did draw blood. Certainly not a warning. He stalked and attacked.
In a pack of his own kind, had he done this, the punishment would be an attack by other dogs and if he survived, he would be cast out of the fold. Which would work out the same way eventually with the dogs demise.
I should say we feed, I dunno how many critters in the yard (winters) and have hotly debated catch and release program for spiders. They are all under a Carol mandated death sentence. So we got an underground, rescue sort of thing going on.
My point being that life, most especially young life is important. Threats to that need to be surgically removed.
Still, very very sad but I could push the plunger.
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