Why Do SSS

[Judy]

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I'm sure the law varies widely. Wouldn't think you'd be required to contact the owner, but maybe, some local authority.

 

[Buster52]

Well, I for one don't get the third S. I understand we sometimes have to shoot something to protect our livestock, but if it is the legal, ethical, moral thing to do, there's no need to hide it. It's not like you are guilty of anything.

Personally, I try not to do things I'm going to be embarrassed or ashamed of or that will get me thrown in the slammer. If I do it, I take responsibility for it. No need to hide things that way.

 

[cmjust0]

Not around here...the law says "any dog" harassing livestock. I take that to mean anything from toy poodles to pitbulls, tagged or not. Likewise, nowhere does it indicate any requirement of the livestock owner to attempt to locate -- let alone notify -- the dog's owner of a "mishap."

But ya know...I got to thinking about the chip in the raptor...a couple of my dogs are chipped. Their chips can only be read at the pound or the vet's office, but I think it can't be too long before the chips get a little more "proactive"...as in, real-time GPS trackable.

I imagine neighborly relations would suffer quite a bit if someone came upon a big pile of fresh dirt in someone else's back yard with an iPhone app pointing straight down at Rover's final resting place.

 

[danielbrown]

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The third S is usually done to avoid unnecessary "retaliation" from the irate/unstable/holier-than-thou "victims". Some people that feel that they should get even by doing something like killing the animals that their dog was shot for bothering. Or killing the person that shot their dog. Some people are just better off thinking that fido just ran away.

I will tell the owners if i know they can handle it.

 

[chickencoop31320]

I think prevention is the key with any predator animal.
I have a nicely constructed coop & run for my birds WITH netting over the top for protection from all of the lovely birds of prey around.
I know not everyone wants to have their birds contained in a run and like to free range them, with that choice comes the inconvenience of more predators.
In a perfect world we wouldn't have to worry about such things, but until then, I believe SSS is a good way to keep the peace with your friends & neighbors.
I don't agree with killing or relocating anything illegally.
The third S is just a way of keeping others from giving you long lectures about how the animals you're killing have more right to eat than you do to keep your animals safe.

Just my 2 cents

 

[speckledhen]

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Nope, your comparison doesnt fly here. Dogs are not endangered or a protected species. And just tagging a dog doesn't absolve its owner for letting it off his property. I see that all the time where I live--someone finds a stray and puts a collar on it, then just allows it to keep roaming and come home to eat. That's hardly responsible ownership.

 

[WalkingWolf]

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The Fish and Wildlife Service put tracking collars or leg bands on some animals. The micro chip has to be scanned, I doubt they tracked the bird with that. The leg band with the tracking device is very visible.

In this case SBSS, Shoot, Burn, Shovel, Shut up. I solved my raptor problem just with clothesline. It was enough to break their dives. And if they still did the heavy line I used would break a wing. NOT my problem, if the clothesline did not work razor wire will.

 

[saddina]

Here it's "any dog" as well.

My neighbor's 2 labs came over one day, nothing menacing they didn't even notice the bunnies, they were too excited getting petted to care (my kids have met the dogs before). Walked them nextdoor, and owner apologized, and fixed the fence the next day. He's a rational man, we get along good.

Neighbor across from me has 7 purse dogs, a hole in her fence that they get out of and ignores it when someone says "your dogs got out", it's a daily thing. She seems to think because they're small that they get to run in a pack and poo on everyone's lawns. If I found one of her dogs trying to get in my pen, I would not be so gracious. Now I may take the dogs to a shelter as a dog that roams the neighborhood (none are tagged or collared), but I'm not inclinded to hand her the dog back either (last guy that brought home an escaped pooch got screamed at for "touching my dogs").

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Ok, I live a sheltered life. SSS means...?

 

[miss_jayne]

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shoot shovel shut up