Dog shot by farmer

Yep there are some idiot farmers about who don't seem to the law.

A while back I had a run in with one, who I had been told was standing on the crossroads of a local footpath threatening to shoot any
dogs that strayed from said path.
Took mine up there and got the same news, so I pointed out that he could not legally shoot the dogs as there were no livestock present
and he could not discharge the gun across a public footpath, I would also be informing the police that he was threatening the public with
a firearm. He was not seen there again
He hated the fact that people had right of way across his land, even though he never grew any crops on those particular fields and rarely
kept livestock in them.
When the F&M outbreak occurred that closed all footpaths, as soon as they reopened them he moved cattle onto the fields in order to
keep them closed, they are visible from the road so it was known the animals weren't there before and he hadn't applied to the correct
authorities to keep them closed.
He got into a fair bit of trouble for moving the animals without a licence and had to put them back where they had been, footpaths remained open
 
viv1969 said:
Pete, you misunderstand my sentiment
I believe that shooting the dog was perfectly justified by the livestock owner.
I was just answering Neil's apparent wondering on how the dog could be missing for a week when it went missing.
Other articles I've read give more detaila on that, plus unless I've missed it, the owner doesn't seem to be saying the shooting was malicious.
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I don't

"Farmers are allowed to shoot a dog under Section 9 of the Animals Act if they believe it is the only reasonable way of stopping it worrying livestock"

the farmer couldn't have stopped a one year old Cocker Spaniel by any other means first?
 
POAH said:
I don't

"Farmers are allowed to shoot a dog under Section 9 of the Animals Act if they believe it is the only reasonable way of stopping it worrying livestock"

the farmer couldn't have stopped a one year old Cocker Spaniel by any other means first?
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He might have been able to stop one dog, but there were two dog, but ultimately not being there means we will never know if something different could have been done
 
POAH said:
I don't

"Farmers are allowed to shoot a dog under Section 9 of the Animals Act if they believe it is the only reasonable way of stopping it worrying livestock"

the farmer couldn't have stopped a one year old Cocker Spaniel by any other means first?
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I don't know, and neither do you. We weren't there.
 
srichards said:
Would have been better just to get the cost of replacement hens from the owner. They're only hens. Killing two dogs for the sake of a few birds seems excessive. If they're that easy to get at what does the farmer do about foxes?

They were only spaniels not enormous killing machines. Farmer sounds inept.
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I have 1 dog and 6 hens and I would rid of the dog before the chooks, they provide me with brekkie :D
 
I completely understand the farmer and his reasons, I live up in West Yorkshire and spend many days out with my wife walking and hiking and come across dog walkers, they know the rules and many have there dogs on a lead at all times. Its cut and dried to me I do not think comparing animals is at all a good thing, all life has value and if a dog kills another mans animal then the law is on his side.
 
Tragic story but does this mean that if a farmer loses control of his sheep/cow and it strays onto the road potentially causing an accident, can you kill it?
 
Shadow said:
Tragic story but does this mean that if a farmer loses control of his sheep/cow and it strays onto the road potentially causing an accident, can you kill it?
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a random member of the public can't , but the police can - there have been a couple of incidents where a police firearms team have had to shoot runaway livestock that couldn't be restrained or detained
 
4wd said:
Well I can't think of a single sighting of a farmer with a gun in a tractor cab (sounds risky).
Let alone "carrying one around while working".
The estate gamekeepers have them though, and some would mistake them for farmers due to silly hats and tendency to wear tweedy archaic garments.
You may be thinking of a different sort of farmer to me (and I am one)
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I'll have you know I don't choose to wear tweed:D I'm a keeper myself and the difference between us and farmers is a whole different ball game like you said.
 
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