Nothing strange about it. Most legal systems attach far greater value to a human life than that of a dog, so the checks and balances around taking such a life a

Nothing strange about it. Most legal systems attach far greater value to a human life than that of a dog, so the checks and balances around taking such a life are commensurably greater. And "workaround" seems a strangely lightweight term to use in this context. It's not an engineering problem you're faced with here. It's an ethical issue.