Not to mention that cats, killing mice and rats, save a lot more birds and baby animals than the ones, mostly adult, as slower animals aren't interesting preys for cats, they kill. When my family kept rabbits we had to quickly repair any hole in their cages, otherwise rats and mice killed baby rabbits eating their paws, and all the frantic jumping around of mother rabbits, their sole defence, as apparently they don't realise they could use their sharp teeth, that could disturb a cat and make it go away, didn't impress rats at all.

"Personally, I don't really think a dog killing a cat is worth putting the dog down. Or course I'm being bias. I know my dog doesn't like cats and this is why we don't have one in the house. It would be different if the dog attacked another dog or person. He would be put down immediately."

Gosh, if someone told me this after my cat had been killed by a dog I would have punched them. What a shitty and hypocritial thing to say.

As for the OP, I would try to come up with an agreement with the neighbor, but be sensible and don't say bullshit like the above.

Reading some of the comments makes me realize how many pussies there are in this community. You guys need to pull your heads out of your assses. I'm pro nature and don't like seeing things die but you have to realize animals kill other animals. It's the circle of life. I'm actually embarrassed to even be a part of this community.  I might as well just quit because I shouldn't waste my time interacting with fools.  Good luck with your utopian society.

Warned ~ CGI

A other said depends n law and legislation.

Some countries (or states i guess) may have a dangerous dog bread register, If your dog is on it and they kill something then they could be out of luck.

As a cat person (I have two) I would be really distraught if a dog killed one of my cats and I would certainly be furious with its owner. But since I love animals in general I wouln't want the dog to be put down as long as the owner really takes responability and the necessary steps to make sure it does not happen again, like put a muzzle on the dog when he's outside, go to a dog behaviourist to train it not to attack other animals, etc. On the other hand if it was a human who'd kill my cat, I would claw their eyes out, and beat the ever-living shit out of them before running them over with my car for good measure.

OP-Tell the owner that you understand what's happened must be catastrophic for them and ask them to paws and reflect before taking drastic action.

Yes. People are sensitive and inteligent, but curiosly have more leniency towards their crimes. Isn't it strange?

Sure there must be consequences for the owner. It can be money reparation, that he install a better system on his yard to prevent reoccurence, or that the dog is moved to a different location.

And if your cat ate a bird the owner of the bird could kill your cat?

Try to talk to the owner. He will be upset by the death of his cat, but maybe he will understand that you will also be equally upset if your dog dies.

If your dog killed my cat, I'd want it put down. However, I know I wouldn't be able to do that, as it wouldn't solve anything. Pets are like part of your family as you can see.

Best thing you can do is be honest, talk to the owner and hope for the best.

Funny how this post gets banned, but not the shit post from the original poster. Hilarious.