Let me see if I got this straight.
According to an article in today’s Times News, a farmer in Bucks County was sentenced up to 23 months in prison for shooting a dog that had attacked his neighbor’s pets. Had he called a vet to kill it, he would have received no penalty.
This same farmer could shoot as many groundhogs as he wanted to. No penalty accrues for killing groundhogs, a mammal not all that different from a dog. He could also, assuming he applied for the correct licenses, kill bears, fish, deer, squirrels, rabbits, pheasants, ducks, geese, and elk. He could be charged with animal cruelty for shooting a feral cat, even if he is trying to protect bird species that are endangered.
And in Florida, you can kill a kid as long as you claim you felt threatened, and you won’t even be arrested.
You have to admit, this is really strange.
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