Dog / Human Conflict

[McChooky]

https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-mexico/NMAC-7-4-2-17

 

[McChooky]

There are funds set aside to recover damages for poultry and livestock killed by dogs.
This is Missouri's ...

 

[centrarchid]

There are funds set aside to recover damages for poultry and livestock killed by dogs.
This is Missouri's ...

This is new to me.

 

[McChooky]

Hope it helps! Here is a link to your states dog laws too.
https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=273

 

[McChooky]

Missouri state law:

"The court shall award attorney's fees, court costs, and all reasonable expenses incurred by the defendant in defense of any criminal prosecution or in any civil action brought by a plaintiff if the court finds that the defendant has an absolute defense as provided in subsection 1 of this section."

 

[MTKitty]

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Out in the rural areas most people are well aware if their dog start running livestock they will be shot. It is an understanding that most of us grew up with. That's just the way it has always been and the way it should still be.

This. Where I live, livestock are the ranchers’ livelihoods.

But the younger generations that are coming up seem to think their fur babies should be able to go wherever and do whatever they want.

I don’t know about being part of the younger generation, but my cat and dog are my “furkids.” Because of that, I have a fence around my house to contain the dog; and the cat is indoor only. I can’t teach them people-manners like “don’t hang out at the neighbor’s house and make a nuisance of yourself,” so I have to use other means to make them neighborly.

 

[MTKitty]

This is new to me.

Montana has something similar, but I think it’s restricted to livestock killed by wildlife such as wolves, bears or lions.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

This. Where I live, livestock are the ranchers’ livelihoods.

I don’t know about being part of the younger generation, but my cat and dog are my “furkids.” Because of that, I have a fence around my house to contain the dog; and the cat is indoor only. I can’t teach them people-manners like “don’t hang out at the neighbor’s house and make a nuisance of yourself,” so I have to use other means to make them neighborly.

Well one would think if they loved their fur babies so damn much they would want to keep them home and protected.
I just know there's a lot of people with animials that shouldn't even have animials.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Well one would think if they loved their fur babies so damn much they would want to keep them home and protected.
I just know there's a lot of people with animials that shouldn't even have animials.

Yes! In our valley, we are the only one that put our dog on a lead when she's outside and not right with someone, because she kind of looks like a coyote if you squint from a distance.

Everyone else let's them run loose and I've had to explain multiple times that if they kill birds, I expect compensation and odds are the dog will be shot. Amazing how people are so willing to put a creature they love at a known danger because they don't feel like making a fence dog proof or even install leadlines

 

[NatJ]

Amazing how people are so willing to put a creature they love at a known danger because they don't feel like making a fence dog proof or even install leadlines

The logic isn't much different than people who free-range their chickens. (And when the chickens cause trouble on someone else's property, the solution is the same: the owner should keep their animals on their own property!)