Dog attack

[marymac]

Roaming neighborhood dogs are some of the worst predators, they kill for sport. This is so disturbing. I've been in your shoes, and I feel your pain. Next time shoot to kill.

 

[horsejody]

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It seems that there is a fund in your state will pay you damages. Make sure that everything is properly reported and documented.

(510 ILCS 5/18) (from Ch. 8, par. 368)
Sec. 18. Any owner seeing his or her livestock, poultry, or equidae being injured, wounded, or killed by a dog, not accompanied by or not under the supervision of its owner, may kill such dog.
(Source: P.A. 93‑548, eff. 8‑19‑03.)


(510 ILCS 5/18.1) (from Ch. 8, par. 368.1)
Sec. 18.1. The owner or keeper of a dog is liable to a person for all damages caused by the dog pursuing, chasing, worrying, wounding, injuring, or killing any sheep, goats, cattle, horses, mules, poultry, ratites, or swine belonging to that person.
(Source: P.A. 88‑600, eff. 9‑1‑94.)


(510 ILCS 5/19) (from Ch. 8, par. 369)
Sec. 19. Any owner having livestock, poultry, or equidae killed or injured by a dog shall, according to the provisions of this Act and upon filing claim and making proper proof, be entitled to receive reimbursement for such losses from the Animal Control Fund; provided, he or she is a resident of this State and such injury or killing is reported to the Administrator within 24 hours after such injury or killing occurs, and makes affidavit stating the number of such animals or poultry killed or injured, the amount of damages and the owner of the dog causing such killing or injury, if known.
The damages referred to in this Section shall be substantiated by the Administrator through prompt investigation and by not less than 2 witnesses. The Administrator shall determine whether the provisions of this Section have been met and shall keep a record in each case of the names of the owners of the animals or poultry, the amount of damages proven, and the number of animals or poultry killed or injured.
The Administrator shall file a written report with the County Treasurer as to the right of an owner of livestock, poultry, or equidae to be paid out of the Animal Control Fund, and the amount of such damages claimed.
The County Treasurer shall, on the first Monday in March of each calendar year, pay to the owner of the animals or poultry the amount of damages to which he or she is entitled. The county board, by ordinance, shall establish a schedule for damages reflecting the current market value.
If there are funds in excess of amounts paid for such claims for damage in that portion of the Animal Control Fund set aside for this purpose, this excess shall be used for other costs of the program as set forth in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 93‑548, eff. 8‑19‑03.)


(510 ILCS 5/20) (from Ch. 8, par. 370)
Sec. 20. The payment to any owner of sheep, goats, cattle, horses, mules, swine, or poultry of monies out of the Animal Control Fund for damages resulting from loss or injury to any such animals, shall not be a bar to an action by such owner against the owner of the dog committing such injury or causing such loss for the recovery of damages therefor. The court or jury, before which such action is tried, shall ascertain from evidence what portion, if any, of the damages sought to be recovered in such action has been paid to the plaintiff in such action by the County Treasurer, and in case the plaintiff in such action recovers damages, the court shall enter judgment against the defendant, in the name of the plaintiff for the use of the county, for the amount which the plaintiff has received on account of such damages from the County Treasurer, if such recovery shall equal or exceed the amount so received by such plaintiff from the County Treasurer; and the residue of such recovery, if any there be, shall be entered in the name of the plaintiff in such action to his own use. If the amount of the recovery in such action shall not equal the amount previously paid the plaintiff on account of such damages by the County Treasurer, then the judgment shall be entered as heretofore stated for the use of the Animal Control Fund, for the full amount of such recovery. The judgment shall show on its face what portion of the judgment is to be paid to the Animal Control Fund, and what portion is to be paid to the plaintiff in such action, and the judgment when collected shall be paid over to the parties entitled thereto in their proper proportions.
(Source: P.A. 83‑346.)

 

[schmije]

Thanks for the info, horsejody. I was looking at local county ordinances when I should have gone straight to state ordinances. It's good to know that if we kill the dog on our property, we are in the right.

 

[horsejody]

Just make sure that there are no local ordinances that prohibit you from discharging a firearm. Some towns or counties may have restrictions on that.

 

[SpottedCrow]

Sorry for your losses...I live in a suburb of Boston and I can blast a dog that's after my bird. And the neighbour would have to pay a fine.

 

[schmije]

so our last buff showed up at dusk

so unless the other RIR shows up (not betting on it) the loss for today is 3.

they will stay couped up in the secure coupe for the next couple of days while we evaluate them on an ongoing basis.

As for rules and regs we are not in a township/city. the county regs are virtually non-existent. (no building codes, no inspectors nothing)

 

[deerman]

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Again more birds to add to the thousands kill by dogs yearly!!!

DEAD DOGS DONT KILL CHICKENS. shoot to kill

 

[schlitch]

Had 2 of my neighbors dog about 1/2 mile away come over last week and kill 2 of the chickens while my wife and children attempted to chase them off. I was home yesterday and they were on their way back. My wife was under the impression we couldn't do anything to them, not so of course. So I attempted to use the shotgun, as I figured I might just hit them and give them a bad association with my vicinity. Hopefully they won't come back, but if they do the 22 will come out.

 

[cmom]

I had I believe a dog kill one of my girls by the tracks that were next to her body. I have seen some dogs on my property. If I see any around my birds I will shoot them. Some one told me they had an issue with a neighbors dog and reported it several times to animal control and nothing was done so they shot it when it came into their yard with a paintball gun. I don't know what happened.

 

[schmije]

Update - The six remaining girls seem to be ok so far. Most of them are missing some tail feathers, and one has an open wound that seems to be healing ok. We let them out to free range yesterday for the first time since the attack. They were all hesitant at first, but it seemed like no time before they were happily scratching in the yard again.

I finally talked to animal control on Friday. The lady told me that there's nothing she can do unless we either know where the dog lives or who the owner is. She said that we can file a report with the sheriff and if we can determine who the owner is, he will be responsible for any monetary losses. I'm more concerned with keeping the dog from coming back now that it knows where my girls are. I asked animal control what our rights are if it comes back, and she said "shoot it." We will. Apparently our only responsibility at that point is to bury it.