06-15-2011, 02:53 PM
The only person who has any right to go into the moral or ethical question of killing this dog was the person who did it. We don’t know what that person saw or believed at the time they released the arrow. If they believed a real threat to their livestock existed in the seconds they made the decision, they are both morally and ethically sound in their decision. None of use were there so we have no idea what transpired. However based on the written words, (minus the emotional attempt at sympathy), it is very clear that the dog was engaged in actions that reasonably , morally, ethically and legally could easily be assumed to be a actual immediate threat and danger to the livestock.