Q: in the state of kentucky, if a dog is digging holes in my yard, is it legal to shoot said dog?
ive seen holes dug in my yard, even a trench one dog made like it was looking for a mole or something(although i dont care what it was looking for), and where it dug it, made me nervous mowing because it was in the hillside, and an uncle who lives up the hill from me was mowing and one of his wheels landed in a dog hole, he is partially paralysed on one side, he almost got tossed off because of that hole, and i fear that someone might step in one of its holes and get hurt, giving grounds to sue us, i live in the country, but people do come around. i am NOT trigger happy, im very gentle, it hurt me to kill a woodpecker when it was damaging the house we lived in before, but i cant just let damage be done.
A: If the animal is running free on your land and you can’t trap it and turn it over to animal control, it may be permissible to shoot the dog if it is damaging your property, although I’d want conclusive proof of the damage first so as to avoid being sued for wrongfully killing the animal.
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