Where Do I Stand? ?

[hargreavesheber 93]

Question for you folks please!?

 

Just been out walking my 2 lurchers and 2 terriers on their usual dinner time walk! Usual footpath in fields behind my house All of a sudden my dogs set off after what I thought was a squirrel at first. Then realised it was a cat. They caught up to it and I ran over to try and get em off but my bull x was shaking the life out of it. Anyhow this was all in about 30 seconds. I managed to get em off but the cat was wrecked and the woman from the house next to the field cane

[hargreavesheber 93]

Oops. She came out and was playing hell. Did what I could to get em off. 1st question where do I stand legally and what should I do morally?? Both dogs and cat were in a field with a footpath. Pretty sure cat was a write off.

Cheers

[desertbred 5,490]

Nothing can be done about a cat being killed by a dog unless she wants to take out a private prosecution or she says you deliberately set the dogs on the cat, but then its just her word against yours., and as long as your dogs didnt threaten her then nothing.will be done. offer to bury the cat.

Edited September 9, 2014 by desertbred

[Richard Warwick 50]

this happened to me in my friends garden, i took the cat to the owner in a cardboard box, the man and women were playing hell but it happens, the cat shouldn't of been in my friends garden. just be polite about it and keep your cool

[lurcherman 887 13,099]

Punch her in the face lol nuffin worry about mate

Edited September 9, 2014 by kev1987

[mud 2,044]

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Edited November 3, 2014 by mud

[Richard Warwick 50]

just tell them the cat ate your pet mouse

[charlie boy 85]

I paid for a replacement cat for the neightbours son about two years ago do the decent thing pal

[johnrussell84 2,832]

Police came to my mates gave him grief about them being hunting dogs and being of a lead. Play apologetic mate n offer a new cat

[mackay 3,358]

Apologise and try and look as if you mean it, offer to replace her cat if and when she's ready.

Oh, and maybe try and break your dogs to cats.

[Brigzy 1,298]

Basically, "shit happens" !! If this was not on her property, and your dogs were not running about unsupervised, then you have nothing to worry about. Morally ? Apologise, and that's it. Police could get involved, but most police haven't a clue about situations like this; it doesn't matter if they are hunting dogs or chihuahua's, if your account is true; you have done nothing wrong.

[trenchfoot 4,243]

A saluki x would have buried it for you!

[Bosun11 537]

Yes, as has been said, accidents and shit happens but don't think that because others have not given a shite you shouldn't either. Both the law and the woman could possibly make things difficult for you in the future...

If that situation happened to me, local to where i live, I would do what I thought reasonably possible to help the woman out. First off by showing a bit of compassion for her beloved pet and as has been said, offer to bury it and maybe, if you thought it may make a difference, offer a replacement (bog standard giveaway kitten of course!).

You'd show her that maybe it was a genuine accident and us lurcher owning hunters ain't all bad and maybe stop any curtains twitching and reports going in in the future... Your call....

[sniper2011 69]

you could of took the heat off the dogs by raping the cat she wouldn't worry about the dogs then.

[charlie boy 85]

prick