Police: Woman threatened to shoot chicken-killing dog

A 37-year-old Carbon County woman allegedly threatened to shoot a dog after it attacked and killed one of her chickens.

[Ferris Bueller]

slow news day

[PAW LICKIN GOOD]

Should have done it instead of threatening to do it. Dump or get off the pot.

[pro]

i guess that dog ruffled her feathers. Anyone hungry for wings? I sure could eat a whole bucket full

[Whitehall]

I hope the owner of the dog paid for the chicken.

[Control Your Pet]

People need to control their dogs. The woman with the gun shouldn't have been cited. However, the woman with the dog should have been!

[PAW LICKIN GOOD]

Nah the dog flew the coop...

[Concerned Citizen]

If the dog was on her property, she should have the right to shoot it if it is killing her animals. People need to keep their animals on their own property.

[oh deer]

Concerned Citizen wrote:

If the dog was on her property, she should have the right to shoot it if it is killing her animals. People need to keep their animals on their own property.

True. But I think it was the whole taking the gun to the neighbors house and making threats thing that got her into trouble.

[Herman]

Can't wait for a boring Carpenter article on this.

[Paw Lickin Good]

Yeah she could have shot it on her property. Just can't go lugging it over to the neighbor's house.

Game Commission code allows for the destruction of animals actively harming livestock.

[thinking and typing]

yummy chicken1 mmmmmm mmmmmm good.

[Moronic Dems]

Two citations should have been written, one for each involved.
She made the mistake of taking the gun with her to tell the woman what she'll do. She has to do it while the dog's on her property.

[shaggy]

I think the dog should count its blessings. The owner should pay a nice fine for damages.

[thinking and typing]

shaggy wrote:

I think the dog should count its blessings. The owner should pay a nice fine for damages.

its a chicken its not like it was a child

[Claire]

Why is this other woman letting her dog run loose in the first place?

[Paw Lickin Good]

"its a chicken its not like it was a child" See the price of eggs lately thinking? Ouch.

[2nd amendment]

Shoot, shovel, and shut-up.

[RonMania]

Carbon County - The Hatfield & McCoys all over again!!

[damn fools]

Yup. Another confirmation that Ed Rendell's version of the State Cops have outlawed the defensive use of guns by citizens.

It always has been the right of the citizen to kill a dog that attacks lifestock. You may have to catch them in the act but it is still a right. Telling the owner of the dog before hand is common courtesy.

We need a NRA suit againt Rendell and the head of the state police. And the Lehighton HQ head.

[shaggy]

thinking and typing wrote:

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its a chicken its not like it was a child

I say the dog was lucky because she should have shot. It was killing livestock. She would have been within the law.