david.ross
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Below is a link to a bill which is an attempt to strip away the right to shoot your dog, even if it's in excruciating pain and dying.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2009&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=0613
I'm not sure of the legal nature of this bill if it would even pass a muster in regards to owner rights. There was a case where a pit-bull bit someone in PA, the BF shot the dog, and the courts stated the use of a firearm was absolutely humane. So even if the bill passes, it may get tossed at the court level as infringing on the rights of a dog owner.
Personally, I'd shoot a dog in excruciating pain than drive it to the vet or wait on the Humane Society to get paperwork filled out to change over ownership JUST to put a dog down.
Also, I'd be one to challenge such if ever brought upon, then I'd make an example to those trying to take away the right to put down a dying dog.
Below is a link to a bill which is an attempt to strip away the right to shoot your dog, even if it's in excruciating pain and dying.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2009&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=0613
I'm not sure of the legal nature of this bill if it would even pass a muster in regards to owner rights. There was a case where a pit-bull bit someone in PA, the BF shot the dog, and the courts stated the use of a firearm was absolutely humane. So even if the bill passes, it may get tossed at the court level as infringing on the rights of a dog owner.
Personally, I'd shoot a dog in excruciating pain than drive it to the vet or wait on the Humane Society to get paperwork filled out to change over ownership JUST to put a dog down.
Also, I'd be one to challenge such if ever brought upon, then I'd make an example to those trying to take away the right to put down a dying dog.