My street is full of police cars (animal violence /death)

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My neighbors had a unneutered male bully mix. It got out all the time & was pretty aggressive toward men. Last week the dog warden & one patol car were out here to catch it & talk to the owners.

This afternoon the warden & two patrol cars were out at the house. I saw the dog running around. Then about 20 min later I heard a gunshot and people screaming. 2 minutes later 6 more patrol cars & an ambulance pull up.

Just spoke with another neighbor who is a police dispatcher in town. The call was because the dog tried to attack a cyclist, then once they had it cornered it attacked an officer, who shot it in self defense. The dog is dead.

I'm so shaken. I didn't like that dog because it was aggressive & always out on the street, but Jesus.

[pixy0stix]

100% the owners fault. Poor dog. Poor cyclist. Poor officer.

[tacosforlife]

Oh geez. How awful.

I can't blame the officer for shooting. I mostly just feel bad for the dog that it clearly had such irresponsible owners.

[AHappierHour]

How awful

[honeychai]

Man, people suck.

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Nov 24, 2015 17:06:03 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

100% the owners fault. Poor dog. Poor cyclist. Poor officer.

It totally is.  Everyone on the block has told them to get a fence if they're going to just leave the dog outside  (they'd just tie him up with an extendable leash like rope). And to train it, they got it as a puppy & never did any training. It's horrible. I'd spoken with NJ animal control more than once about it.

Thankfully the cyclist & officer are okay. Neighbor said the officer is really shaken (obviously). But he had no choice. 

[isabel]

Shit, that's terrible.

[Monica Geller]

That's awful.

[achi]

This is a terrible thing. And totally preventable with responsible pet ownership.

[Muddled]

I hate this.
I'm glad you were just an observer and your pups weren't involved.

[Aquatica]

That's awful to go through...I hope no one was hurt by the dog, and it's a shame what happened to it.

[whitemerlot]

Horrible.