KHNL lead story on dogs attacking pig

[PaliPatty]

The "kids" were not training hunting dogs. AFAIK these were not pig dogs. They were pet pitbulls. The pig was not a feral pig---it was a domesticated farm animal. The perpetrators were engaging in animal cruelty for their own delight. They giggled gleefully as the terrified pig was tortured. Idiots.
I have no issues with hunting. DH was a hunter years ago and I happily prepared legally obtained venison. Bambi notwithstanding, there was the necessity to cull the whitetail deer population where I came from. If they didn't die by the hunter's hand they would most certainly have died from starvation. Fact of life.
And yes, we ate what we killed.
As years went by we abandoned hunting, leaving it to others. It was a necessary evil, but carried out mercifully (one hopes) with a clean shot and respect for the animal.

[KauaiHiker]

newstory said: "Lucky is friendly, but will not go to a family with young children, cats or small animals. We think that he may become aggressive, because it looks like from the video that he was involved in aggressive animal behavior..."

Right, so the new owners are never going to take this dog in places where there are children (park, beach, sidewalk), none of their neighbors will have small pets or small children, children will never visit their house, they're always going to have it on a leash or in a high fenced yard, and they're never going to forget to close the gate. Right. I don't like the idea of euthanizing dogs, but at what point is the Humane Society no longer protecting the public here?