Police shoot loose dog out of fear he might snarl up traffic

The Kootenai County sheriff department decided the best course of action while dealing with a small dog running loose during rush hour was to shoot him dead. So they discharged a weapon amidst a busy highway and killed the dog.

14-yr-old dog shot because he looked sick

Appalling story out of Shelley, Idaho where police shot and killed a 14-yr-old dog because, get this, "he looked sick" and the officers wanted to put him out of his misery.

Seriously?

Yes, the dog was old, but if I see a sick child or sick geriatric person, my first inclination isn't to pump 'em full of bullets.

The appropriate course of action would have been to round the dog up and rush him to a veterinarian.

Instead, an officer shot the dog.

This did not kill the dog so now the dog was actually suffering and ran off. He then had four more bullets pumped into his body before dying.

Boo on you, Shelley police, you should be ashamed.

Boise officer cleared in shooting of dog

In March, a Boise police officer shot and killed a dog. The dog was on its own property but loose. The dog did charge but did not bite the officer.

The owner of the dog filed a complaint and the officer was cleared in any wrongdoing.

Nampa police shoot and kill one dog

Faced with two aggressive dogs, Nampa police chose to shoot and kill the more aggressive of the two.