My neighbor poisoned our animals can i press charges?

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Ok so last yeah i had gotten a new house next to this old grumpy man and his wife. he hated having us as neighbors so bad he put up a fence. well we had Rottweiler twin dogs and we also put our own fence up around our whole yard. well our fence is connected to his. so when i would let my dogs out for the day they would run around and wrestle. well eventually he got "sick and tired" of our dogs, he never wanted to hear them bark he always called animal control and even called the police because he said our back yard smelled like dog poop. we were doing nothing wrong so he decided to start throwing poisoned meat over the fence and throwing mothballs over the fence well our dogs ate them and they got sick and slowly died. this broke my heart and made me angry. well the next dogs we got were 2 sister Siberian huskies. they were very quiet and when they went outside i went out with them and watched everything they did and sniffed. one day i literally saw our neighbor throw moth balls over the fence while i was outside with them!! i called the police and animal control and all they did was talk to him and of course he denied it. my question is can i get him into trouble for poisoning our dogs. and its not just our pets he leaves out poisoned moist cat food and tuna (with rat poison in it) and will feed a stray or loose dog poisoned meat if it approaches him. what a jerk i just want some justice done here but can he get into trouble for killing animals like this?

Update:

we didnt know he was throwing the poison over the fence until after they died. we didnt even know they were poisoned until after we took them to the vet's office. and yes we adopted 2 more dogs but i watch them very closely. and we let them out 3 times a day so they can do their business we dont keep them outside.

cat &amp; jo · Accepted Answer

Set up video surveillance and get proof. Once you have proof, you can file charges. You can also contact different media with friends in the neighborhood that have lost pets and know your story.  Perhaps someone will do a story and gain attention for this problem.

Deleted · Answer

Of course! Put up a security camera and don't let your animals out of the yard. Also, about the dog poop, he's probably lying. Dried dog poo doesn't have a smell unless your yard is like full of it (literally, like, to the top of the fence). And about the barking, they can only seize the dogs if it's 10 minutes or more of NONSTOP, continual barking or yelping. I know this isn't the right way to handle this, but personally I would pick up all the dog poop, and throw it over HIS fence every time he poisoned an animal. Don't do that- I just said that because with me being pretty immature; I would have done it :D. Just put up a camera, and supervise your dogs at all time. Also teach them to 'leave it' (and make sure they are obedient) so if he does do it while they're out there, you can tell them to leave it and they should listen. Tell him you have a camera now, and there will be horrible consequences if he poisons ONE more of you animals.

J.WEST · Answer

Yes he can definitely get in trouble for killing animals! Ok since you know this why didnt you put up a hidden camera??? I  think thats what you should do. Catch him on camera! That way you have proof and he cant deny it! Also collect the poison he throws thats evidence.

Maxine · Answer

You need to prove to them that he did that. Your witness testimony might help. A video of your own backyard catching pieces of meat or mothballs being thrown over the fence from his place would help further more. Say you want to press charges.

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