More innocent beings killed by dogs - I am so so very sorry to hear this. I can imagine your sorrow, having discovered chickens attacked by dogs, in terrible pain and filled with terror. My heart in my throat, anger seething toward the irresponsible humans.
Excellent advice in the many prior posts.
Owners of dogs who attack and/or murder need to understand that the value of the birds goes way beyond the cost to buy, feed and otherwise care for them. These innocent beings will never enjoy another day because their lives were brutally cut short, just as if the attacking dog was murdered by a bunch of drunk teenagers in one frenzied moment that can't be undone.
Anything any of us can do to get the word out to people to be more careful with their dogs, whether a flyer on community bulletin boards and in pet food stores, a letter to the editor.....etc. with examples of devastating stories of what bad things "good" dogs really can do. Anything that educates. And hope that knowledge spreads. Here's a guy that said he didn't even know his retrievers might retrieve a moving fluff ball! Good grief! Doesn't anybody think anymore?
It is good that he wants to compensate you but as we all know, there really is no adequate compensation. However, the highest possible dollar figure must always be applied so that the collective consciousness out there is that it is expensive to be irresponsible with dogs. I erred in this once, because I lost the person's name and phone number after her dog nearly murdered my roo. Countless hundreds in vet bills, weeks off work giving round the clock care.....she should have felt the expense of some of that because then the odds of her letting the dog off the leash again would have been far less and she no doubt would have told the story to others who then might have been more careful with their dogs. Could kick myself for losing her number but was so immersed in trying to save this sweet roo that I was probably distracted and dropped it somewhere. I never saw her again and she never came back to see if the roo lived or died.
My condolences during this very sad time :aww
JJ
