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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.
Posted by: Dr TimothyLeary
Posted by: Recon Number 54
Which is why I am curious as to the layout and density of the town where this happened.
In a city or any typical suburb, this wouldn't be acceptable. Out of town, out into a more rural area? I wouldn't use a shotgun for keeping animals off of my property (a fence is more reliable and effective), but it is more common and while a huge blow for the dog owner, if this was out in "farm country", then strange animals near your house are typically strays and/or feral and shooting them is not incredibly unusual.
Marne, Iowa population 120. Yeah, this is farm country.
Here's a map. If this neighbor was "in town" (all 5 streets of it) then there is something else (some sort of bad blood or small town feud) going on here and the woman should have known to keep her dog off of "that guy's" lawn.I don't know about the area in general, but in the video, the houses were much closer than I expected. Looked like less than acre lots.
I didn't watch the vid, only read the very short article. I'm more text-based, call me old-fashioned.
If the vid shows/showed the scene, then by all means, that is important and relevant. But in my hypothetical of this being farm country and the dog really was "way beyond fetch range", then a farmer shooting a strange animal on their land is not really that far "out there".
But if this was where the houses are close together? Yeah, unacceptable, but there still is more to this than meets the eye. In this town there are 37 families? If the neighbor is either a nut or had/has a grudge with the woman's family... she knew (or her family that she was visiting) knew about it.
There is more to this than a simple "crazy dude with gun massacres friendly dog for no reason".