Sister's cat killed by 3 German Sheppards...Should the dogs be put down?

The neighbor should be cited by the police for not keeping the dogs SECURELY fenced in--I've had dogs all my 60+ years and none of our dogs have ever been able to get out of our yards. Especially when you have large dogs, no matter how friendly and "docile" they may appear to the owner, they yard they are allowed to be in MUST have fences sufficiently high and secure so the dogs cannot get over, under, through them no matter how hard they try, and any gate must be strong enough and locked enough to prevent the dogs from getting through. That might mean the dog owner needs to pay a LOT of money to have a secure fencing system put in but that's the price you pay--as you said, what if it'd been a small child the dogs got ahold of instead?! There's no way to compensate your sister for the killing; I don't think putting the dogs down is the solution although the owner should be apologizing profusely. There's no way to bring the cat back. And, incidentally, if the cat was not allowed to roam outside freely, you would have to deal with this kind of situation. Dogs will attack and kill cats. You can't blame the dogs. You can't blame the cat. It's all the human beings that are at fault.

All parties involved are at fault. Dogs are just one of the many dangers a cat faces if you let it outdoors. The cat should have been kept indoors (the only safe outdoor option is an escape proof outdoor cat enclosure) and the dogs should have been kept inside a fence at least 6 feet high. A fence with a height lower than 6 feet isn't tall enough to contain a German Shepherd. Dogs in a group are like kids in a group, they will egg each other on and do things that one dog alone might never even think of doing. Now that the dogs have done this, unless they are properly secured in an enclosure adequate to contain them, they are likely to get out and go looking for trouble again. The dogs should not be euthanized for their behavior but they should definitely be confined to an enclosure secure enough to hold them.

If the dogs killed a human, then maybe they would be put down, depending on the value of the human.

But a cat? Nope. The most you can do is get the owner sited.

Now - if it was my cat, I'll tell you this. All three of those dogs would be dead inside a month. I wouldn't need help for the police for that.

The dogs were at fault because they trespassed into her yard and killed an animal that wasn't threatening them in any way. This could have just as easily happened to a child. Dogs can be very dangerous when they get into packs and they will often do things that they wouldn't normally do if they were by themselves. I am always nervous when I see groups of loose dogs and I will go out of my way to avoid them.

No. Dogs aren't euthanized for killing other pets. They can be cited and fined, but euthanasia would not be an option on the table. Killing a small animal does not indicate that the animals are in any way a danger to humans. Human aggression and killing a prey animal are very different and separate behaviors.

No. Why would they be? The dogs were doing what all dogs do, kill another animal. you sister is at fault for letting the cat roam and failing to keep the cat in the house. Her fault. If she had kept the cat in the house then it wouldn't be dead

The dog owner owes her nothing nor do the dogs need to be put down because she didn't care enough to keep her cat out of their yard and in the house

edit- Still your sisters fault. SHE let the cat run loose. SHE failed it keep the cat indoors and SHE failed to keep the cat properly contained. The dogs wont be put down for killing a cat and all dogs kill cats. The only thing that will happen is the owner being sited for the dogs leaving the yard. The owner still owes your sister nothing since SHE let the cat roam lose

Just because a dog kills a cat doesn't mean its any threat to humans.

Your sister needs to accept the fact its her fault for letting the cat run lose

No it is natural for dogs to kill it may have been a lovely cat but that is 3 German Shepherds and my dog killed all of chooks

No, I'm sorry about her cat but it's a cat and dog thing

To all the people saying she was at fault, the cat was IN HER PROPERTY on the damn PORCH! Not wandering the streets and harassing dogs. The dogs came over and attacked her from down the streets, so you're saying its fine that the dogs get to roam freely and attack poor cats while they all have to be inside? My father has raised dogs for 30 years, some liked to sit outdoors more than others and NEVER once had they got out of property to attack something or even attack the cats who come inside the property.

She has the f*cking right, if it was your cat what would you have done? Probably the same thing. Hell, if it was my cats I'd take it to court. I'm not blaming the dogs but the neighbor who let them roam without being supervised.

What if the next time a playing child would have tempted them? No matter how friendly they seem to their owners three large unsupervised dogs could be doing anything.

Cal the police and file that report. It's sort of impossible that they'll let the dogs stay with the neighbors, whether "they're friendly" or not. They'll probably go into other houses and hopefully one that keeps an eye on them. Good luck and I'm sorry for your sisters loss xx

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