In the state of Virgina, you can shoot a dog to protect your livestock and if it is actively being a danger to yourself or someone else (engaged in attacking, etc.) but you cannot shoot a dog just because you don't want it. So if that guy lived in VA, it would be illegal.
If everyone just shot dogs they don't want anymore, how much death would there be? We rail about the killing shelters do, but at least rescues are able to pull some of the dogs and people adopt some of the dogs. And actually, over the years the number of pets being killed in shelters has gone down. Around 4.5 million are put down, but in the 1970s that number used to be around 12-20 million. If everyone "took responsibility" and just killed what they didn't want anymore, well, I guess that would be less killing in shelters, but it would still be a hell of a LOT of killing, and that doesn't sit right with me. Wow, think of all the beautiful, wonderful dogs I never would have known through rescue if their owners had all just shot them in the head instead of "dumping" them at a shelter!
If everyone just shot dogs they don't want anymore, how much death would there be? We rail about the killing shelters do, but at least rescues are able to pull some of the dogs and people adopt some of the dogs. And actually, over the years the number of pets being killed in shelters has gone down. Around 4.5 million are put down, but in the 1970s that number used to be around 12-20 million. If everyone "took responsibility" and just killed what they didn't want anymore, well, I guess that would be less killing in shelters, but it would still be a hell of a LOT of killing, and that doesn't sit right with me. Wow, think of all the beautiful, wonderful dogs I never would have known through rescue if their owners had all just shot them in the head instead of "dumping" them at a shelter!