My neighbour's dog killed our lovely cat.

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Well the title says it all. They called the police as we said they had a dangerous dog. They said the dog jumped over a six foot wall ( a greyhound) and escaped and well it's a hunting dog anyway! Needless to say the kids are heartbroken. Is there anyone else I should report the incident too.

Well, a dog does not need to be muzzled outside just because killed a cat I'm afraid. Maybe the cat should not have been outside or should be muzzled when outside to stop it killing lots of birds and tiny mammals. Funny how when the cat on the receiving end the "it's just nature" argument does not apply to a beloved cat.

It is as defenceless as the cat is when it called all those poor birds and little mammals.

killed not called i mean

iang a) why are you posting on a thread from 2012 and b) why are you deliberately trying to upset cat lovers on a cat forum. The clue is in the name - 'The Litter Tray'.

When I was a teen and staying with my family at my grandparents farm, their neighbor‘s German shepherd came over one morning and killed two of my grandparents‘s lambs. The dog had either injured or killed another animal before. My grandfather was the lease holder of the local hunt and thus had rifles. He went over afterwards and shot the dog. He was legally allowed to do so (I am in Germany) since a dog killing a wild or farm animal is considered poaching.