from what I have seen, and I know a national guard woman and a sheriff down there, some of the idiot hillbillies including atleast one sheriff or deputy have been "hunting" the stray dogs. according to my in-law who is a national guard and other in-law who is a sheriff about 30 miles outside N.O. the guard has been given permission to fire on anyone found shooting at dogs. they will give a warning and then have permission to open fire. of course that wont happen though, they wont fire unless they think they are being fired on themselves. I bet a few will lie and say they feared for their lives and returned fire. the one sheriff or deputy I heard about (think it was the same one on tv) was arrested and will be held pending a trial. supposedly it will be a trial by a jury of his peers and they are holding him until the jury of his peers can be made up of residents of new orleans. again, that is just a rumor. but I hope it is true.