If a dog kills another dog or animal, should it be put down?

Question

If a dog kills another dog or animal, should it be put down?

Answer 1

No i don't. Especially not for the smaller prey animals. Other dogs? Erm...it depends really as to what the situation is. If a dog is a serial offender, then yes, something should be done. But just because one dog ends up dead, it doesn't necessarily mean the "aggressive" one was the one that caused it to occur. What if an off lead dog goes into another ones garden and that dog kills it. Who's fault is that really? Not the dog who was where it was suppose to be..

Answer 2

nope.. if it has rabies, or if it is very aggresive then yes.. because u can never trust an aggresive territorial dog.. u never know when he can turn..

Answer 3

No.



My dogs have killed a cat trespassing onto my land and some lizards.



Animal aggression and human aggression are two different things.



Chasing and killing small critters is what dogs do - it's ingrained instinct that you can't get rid of.

Answer 4

People are given a death sentence for killing people in severe cases.

Answer 5

Yes and no. All depends. If the neighbors dog attacked and killed my dog. The dog would be taken and put under observation and hopefully the neighbors would be fined for letting an aggressive dog off a leash, etc. Should it be put down? Well not really, some dogs are aggressive due to lack of socialization and bad ownership. I think the dog should be taken away from the owner and placed in a rehabilitation center then placed into a new home. If the animal has attacked and killed more than once. If your dog gets loose once and attacks another animal. Ok accidents happen, if the animal gets loose twice and kills another animal. Then that's due to owner neglect. (I say Accident because sometimes aggressive dogs do get loose. If it happens, the owner should pay the fines and take better care of controlling there dog. My dog may have died, and i would be furious however, my dog could get attacked and killed at any time by wild animals living in the country. Only difference is the dog attack could have been prevented unlike if it were a coyote or bear. But Im not going to hate the dog for it, Im going to be hate the owner of the dog.) Now if the animal is seized and is noted to be overly aggressive towards every thing (whether it be from behavior or possible rabies infection) then that animal should be put down. A dog that attacks everything and anything is not safe, to own or be around. It may not be the dogs fault for its aggressiveness however, you cant risk having the animal roaming freely around your town. And not too many people are willing to take an aggressive dog into there home. Basically the dog becomes a liability. Which could cost the owner lots of money in fines, jail time, risk of animal attacking a person/child. All dogs should be given second chances, but after that it not worth risking a third indecent. (That's with any animal, even people.) That's just my opinion. Also, added note: You cant compare human killings with animal killings. Animals kill out of instinct, unable to decide between right and wrong. Humans kill knowing what there intentions are. Its not instinct that drives human killers, and they can choose whether or not to kill someone. Right and wrong are concepts humans alone understand. You cant apply human concepts to an animal who isn't a human. However, if we applied the same rules of euthanasia for dogs to that of human crimes we would save tax money, and jails would be emptied. Which should be done but wont.

Answer 6

First off, there are many murderers who are out in a very short period of time. Heck, for manslaughter some people just get 10 years of probation!



Of course your real flaw is that dogs = humans.



Dogs have instincts, not morals.

Answer 7

It is a very strong instinct in some breeds. & a genetic fault in others.



A well bred dog would have this bred out of a line, using genetics, selective breeding, proper testing.... trying to inprove the breed & not mix & mess up the genetics of a sound dog.



Most of the dogs out there are low quality, bred by BYBers who have no knowledge of the genetic make up of the breed. They don't give a damn about it & keep popping out lower quality pups.



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http://enhs.umn.edu/current/6120/bites/dogbitefatal.html

Answer 8

Dogs don't have a conscience like humans do. Humans who kill are doing it purposly, by thinking about the action they are taking. Animal thoughts are much simpler than that, and are more controlled by natural forces than ours are.

Still, i do not believe they should be allowed to roam free in places where they can be a danger, just as much as i don't agree on putting them down.

A solution would be to help tame it or take it to a place where it belongs. I am talking about humans as well.

Answer 9

My Black Lab used to kill and eat cats and was under a shoot on sight order for biting three humans before he was rescued and turned over to my care. Now, killing the cats was for his own survival and the three humans he bit were Native children who were torturing him at the time on the reservation that he came from. He also bit me when I was testing him for aggressive behaviour (that was my mistake, not his).



Rather than have him euthanized I brought him into the house with my resident cats and socialized him with them. My wife caught him mouthing a cat one day and told him to stop. He hasn't shown any aggression towards them in the four years since and actually sleeps with them and grooms them.



I cannot speak to what might happen if an errant cat where to get into my yard, but I know that he will not injure the household cats. And since he has never shown dog to dog aggression I have no qualms about having other dogs into my yard to play with him.

Answer 10

That's a hard question to debate because if a dog killed my dog, I would kill it myself.

Answer 11

It's a hard question to answer and at least for me depends on the situation. Was the dog/cat/other animal that was killed on the other dogs territory (in its yard or home)? Was it a small prey animal like a rabbit or mouse or something along those lines?



Obviously you don't want an uncontrolled dog running around killing other animals, but in certain circumstances I could forgive a dog for killing so long as it's not a common occurrence (animal aggression can lead to human aggression if left unchecked). If another dog becomes aggressive to that one, or if it wanders into that dogs yard and the dog ends up killing the pet before its owners can stop the fight there isn't much that can be done and you can't really blame a dog for following its natural instinct in that circumstance. What I wouldn't forgive is if a stray or off leash dog came into MY yard and killed one of my pets. Even if that dog doesn't have a history of aggression I would, at the very least, want to see it removed from its owners hands (seeing as they can't properly handle their pet or it would have never happened) or have them face a hefty fine for allowing their aggressive pet to run around of its own accord as well as give me at least some sort of compensation for my loss (not saying that any amount of money could bring my pet back but I would at least want something to pay the hospital bills or so I could give my dog a nice burial or get something to remember them by).

Answer 12

It kind of depends.. Dogs don't really know why killing another dog/animal is so bad. They do it out of animal instincts whether it's dominance, personal defence, or protection of another animal/person, etc. If they continue to show aggression even after someone has attempted to train them then they might need to be put down. If no one has made any attempt to tame the dog that has a bad history and the dog repeats his actions and THEN people decide to put it down, that's wrong. Like I said, dogs don't always know they're doing something wrong unless otherwise trained. Under no circumstance should they be put down after a first time offence.

Answer 13

so do humans. humans kill millions of animals a day (pigs, cows, lambs, deer, and many more) non of the animal that humans kill ever had a chance. im not saying its OK for dogs to kill stuff but i think if a animal attacks you or your dog and the dog kills it then it the animals fault

Answer 14

Hunting is how dogs in the wild stay alive.

Answer 15

its just nature just like how people don't like other people animals don't like other animals