This Week in Puppycide #25

Here’s a roundup of recent headlines involving police shootings of pets and other animals.

• Attempted, Possibly Justified | Shelocta, PA (12/29/17): Man being served a protection order fights with the officers, then sets his estranged wife’s pit bull on them. Cops receive several bites, wound the dog with a gunshot, then secure it using a taser.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• Attempted | Taos, NM (01/18/18): Deputy serving a subpoena at a residence shoots & wounds the family pit bull in its own yard after it allegedly “came charging at him”. The deputy reportedly didn’t have a taser or a bodycam, but the sheriff is still defending him.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• Attempted | Northwest Miami-Dade, FL (01/19/18): Police respond to a burglar alarm, shoot & wound resident’s dog after it runs out and allegedly attacks an officer.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• Unclear | Monroe, MI (01/20/18): Cops conducting a routine traffic stop are attacked by a “pit bull” that got away from its owner; they use pepper spray, but the dog rounds on another officer, who shoots and kills it. Exact circumstances are murky.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• Attempted, Possibly Justified | Bakersfield, CA (01/22/18): Neighbor’s pit bull escapes its yard and allegedly bites a man repeatedly; police unsuccessfully use a taser, then shoot the dog to stop the attack. Both the man and the dog survive.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• Averted | Newark, NJ (01/24/18): Man stopped for road rage orders his “pit bull” to attack the officers, but the dog doesn’t appear to obey. Cops secure the dog without issue, though one cop is bitten – by the man being arrested.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

If you know of any similar stories I haven’t mentioned, you can leave them in the comments or send them in.

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