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Hi there !
I don't think the dog wanted a meal. He was being a dog and chasing and grabbing every bird he could.
To me, the owner of the dog was foolish to expect one of those "invisible" fences to keep a high energy dog contained. The dog probably decided that getting "zapped" for leaving his home was worth it to go exploring. A dog's sense of smell is something like 25,000 times greater than ours so he was compelled to "follow his nose". Unfortunately for him, it was his last adventure.
Keeping a dog tied up on a long term basis for any reason is cruelty to me. If the dog was so beloved, why wasn't he inside with his owner ? Dogs are pack animals and will seek out companionship.
The owner of the chickens was within his legal right to destroy the predator that destroyed his flock. There ARE fences that dogs cannot break into. I didn't get the impression that the dog climbed over or broke through any type of fence. The birds were out in the open and he took advantage of an opportunity. Probably if the chickens were in a fenced yard, the dog would've kept going on down the road.(unless he had been there before, which the article didn't state)
Many times when I'm driving I'll see chickens in front of someone's home pecking around within inches of the road. Maybe the chicken owner wasn't worried about his birds being harmed.
If the owner of the chickens caught the dog in the act of slaughtering his flock I can understand why he reacted the way he did.
Have a nice day.