The Latest From Colorado (husky, train, natural, kids)

[JrzDefector]

So it turns out Nika the Husky won't be put down, and will instead be sent to Ohio to live on the farm of one of her owners' relatives.

Husky in 'Save Nika' campaign will not be put down

I think this story has way too many idiots in it.

1) After getting out previously (and getting a hold of the neighbor's rabbit then), the dogs were still apparently allowed in their yard unsupervised. Though admittedly it was a pet sitter who was on duty when they escaped this time.

2) The owners seem utterly delusional about the possibility that their husky might have killed a rabbit, simply because it plays well with kids and cats under supervision, even though the rabbit had to be pried out of the dog's mouth previously. Uh-huh.

3) The dumbass rabbit owner keeps her PET rabbit in a hutch in effin' COLORADO. Sweetie, let me explain about this animal we have here called a COYOTE. If a husky can get into your yard and eat your bunny, let me assure you that a coyote will have no problems. That rabbit was living on borrowed time as it was.

I don't know what the solution was with all of this, but really Aurora handled the case poorly. The case went through the courts way too fast, the judge exhibited little understanding of what constitutes viciousness in a dog, and a crazy knee-jerk decision basically guaranteed that stuff was gonna blow up on the internet.

A dog that kills a rabbit is not a danger to the public. Its owners who don't take proper measures to restrain the dog from following its natural instincts are a problem though. And really, I cannot get over this idea of someone keeping a supposedly beloved pet rabbit in a wire hutch in Colorado (especially after dogs have shown that they can get into it already). Heck, my friends in Jersey have problems with just foxes getting their chickens from similar structures.

Just a strange and kind of stupid story.