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Originally Posted by J pold
There is no surprise that this topic and subsequent thread has gardened so much traffic. There are two very distinct groups, the ones whose own love of dogs blinds their ability to be rational about the situation and punishment, and the those who are not overrun be their own experiences and emotions and are able to see the situation clearly for what it is.
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Dog experts who routinely order the execution of dogs determined this dog was not a future danger to humans and gave the family a choice.
I'm not sure how that qualifies as an irrational decision.
I'm in favour of euthanizing dogs that have attacked humans and have supported those decisions in the past. I'm just not seeing the "attack" aspect in this particular, isolated and unusual case and apparently the professionals evaluating this particular dog are in agreement.
The decision by the family to euthanize the dog appears to have been the emotional reaction and, from appearances, irrational given the advice of professionals.
They have that right as owners of this "property," but lets call it what it is.
Cowperson