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Sooner or later somebody is going to have to say this. I guess it might as well be me. We have read recently about the dogs that were killed after being caught in coyote traps. Losing a family pet is always traumatic and a sad thing, whether it gets run ov^r in the road or dies of old age.
But, we have an obligation to take care of the domestic animals we own. If I have cows, I have to keep them on my property. I have to have a good fence. If they get off of my property and do damage to another’s property, I am liable for it. I have a positive obligation to keep my domestic animals on my property. It is the same for cows, sheep, goats and, yes, dogs.
If you let your dogs run loose, they are going to get in trouble. If you let them run loose repeatedly, they are going to get in trouble and they will eventually suffer the consequences. Then you can moan and cry and say what a horrible thing it is, and, yes, you will still get some sympathy from some. But, if the animal was so special, and so loved, why wasn’t it better cared for? Why was it running loose on somebody else’s property?
Unless some basic tenets of law have changed since I went to school, there is still such a thing as “contributory negligence.” And, I suppose it is possible that that particu
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