After reading what people wrote on your blog and all over the internet . . .it is clear to see (and now i can too since i am a preoud chicken lover!) that people think that chickens are only "harvested" for food and are some barnyard animal with no emotional ties. They all just need educated!
I have 3 dogs who constantly get out of my yard, luckily I have understnading neighbors and we all watch over each others pets. However, if one of my dogs got into my coop or even my neighbors coop, I would be sad at the loss of my dog, but I would totally understand that the negligance was mine. People have every right to protect whatever they want on their property. Whether the chickens were free range, of in a coop, it doesn't matter. They were on the man's property and he was well within his right to do so.
We all know if one of our animals, whether it be a chicken, a cat or a dog or ehatever we pay to feed and love and care for, no one else's animal has the right to come onto our property and destroy that . . . .enough said.
Let these people keep running their mouths if it makes them feel better. They'll soon have nothing left to say. An issue only keeps going on if their is an oppossing side, just feel sorry for the poor @#$'s and move on!
Ok, I feel better now! RIP to any pet that was destroyed in vain! How's that for a headline!