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I don't know where you live but in the UK, dogs are (in law) personal property and discounting welfare issues, you can do what you want with them if you're the
by krona 10y ago
I don't know where you live but in the UK, dogs are (in law) personal property and discounting welfare issues, you can do what you want with them if you're the owner.
Furthermore, farmers can kill your dog (humanly) on his land if it is causing distress to his animals. In law this is a lawful excuse to cause criminal damage. There are all kinds of lawful excuses. For instance, a person (usually a farmer) is free to kill your horse, humanly, if keeping it alive is causing a material financial loss.
- fredley 10y ago> discounting welfare issues Well, that's the whole point. I thought you were going to say that in the UK, you can't just chop down a tree on your land - there are often legal barriers preventing the felling of listed trees!
- 24gttghh 10y agoBeing listed would seem to imply a tree was specifically selected by a town for historical or aesthetic qualities. They would seem to be on conservation or public land most of the time, no?
- fredley 10y agoIt varies by region. In some places any tree with a trunk radius > 4" is listed automatically, for example.
- stiGGG 10y agoIn Germany you'll send to prison if you kill your dog. But killing your chicken, cow oder pig is just fine. That's so weird.
- finid 10y agoWhat if you kill the dog for the meat and not just for the heck of it?
- ddoran 10y ago> discounting welfare issues, you can do what you want with them if you're the owner I'm not sure what you mean when you say "discounting welfare issues". Sure, if you discount the laws that protect dogs, they're not protected, but The Animal Welfare act (2006) does exist, very much does protect dogs from people "doing what you want with them" and is enforced. Of course, that protection is not offered at all costs. If a dog attacks a person, or invades farmland and attacks an animal, then the priority of that person/farm animal takes precedence over the dog.
- krona 10y agoIn other words, people can do what they want with their dogs. They just need to kill them first. There are lots of ways you can do that, but starvation isn't one of them, because that's a welfare issue. Seems pretty obvious.
- kcanini 10y agoWhat? No. You cannot just kill your dog for any reason. That is illegal, immoral, and inhumane.
- krona 10y agoImmoral, perhaps. Inhumane, not necessarily. Illegal, no. (Where I live, obviously.)
- legolas2412 10y agoHow is a dog special? Compared to say, a rat or a chicken or a cow?
- kcanini 10y agoI guess you're assuming that I'm okay with killing rats, chickens, and cows? I'm a vegetarian, so dogs are not special to me in that regard. I only mentioned dogs because I was replying to a comment that mentioned dogs specifically.