Leave the gun. Take the canaries.

He told police he was angry that the man's dog had eaten his "expensive bird," an arrest report states.

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OH, then that justifies everything, completely appropriate and proportionate reaction.

Bet that brought his bird back to life!

Wait.. that could be a good defense! "You honor, I was holding a religious ritual in an attempt to bring my beloved pet back to life in which the belongings of the dog's owner were required, REQUIRED I TELL YOU, to be burned on the lawn so that the smoke from said items could reach the heavens in an attempt to resurrect my precious Squakee... Please, do not persecute me based only on my religion and beliefs!"

With all the religious lawsuits slamming everything from places to eat to state buildings and even neighbors.. might get the guy off with a fine LMAO!!!

An eye for an eye, pyre o' stuff for a bird.

Hey man, I vant my bird.

BAXTER!!!

Chinchillazilla: I once found a baby bluejay and tried to get it back in its nest. While I was trying, I asked the neighbors to take their cat inside for a minute. Instead, they let out their other cat, and the whole family brought out folding chairs and sat in the yard to watch the cats kill the bird. I robbed their house while they were out on the lawn watching.

FTFY

"I vant MY bird!"


Seems like the kinda of guy who would burn down your house if you screwed with his bird.

BarbadoSlim: He told police he was angry that the man's dog had eaten his "expensive bird," an arrest report states.

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OH, then that justifies everything, completely appropriate and proportionate reaction.

I know! Any normal person would have just shot the dog and called it a day.

mmmmmmmDROP!: BarbadoSlim: He told police he was angry that the man's dog had eaten his "expensive bird," an arrest report states.

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OH, then that justifies everything, completely appropriate and proportionate reaction.

I know! Any normal person would have just shot the dog and called it a day.

+1. Eye for an eye and all that. Or maybe tie up the dog and sell it to some chinamen.

BarbadoSlim: He told police he was angry that the man's dog had eaten his "expensive bird," an arrest report states.

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OH, then that justifies everything, completely appropriate and proportionate reaction.

It might be. "An expensive bird" is probably a parrot (insert Monty Python skit here).

A good parrot is more like a friend, not a "pet". There's something about having an animal that can carry on conversations with you and calls you by name, and they're more "humanlike" in general personality than a dog or a cat. Plus they can be with you for decades, possibly your whole life (I knew a guy with an 80-year-old Macaw he had inherited from his grandfather).

If someone negligently killed my African Grey parrot, especially if they were an asshat about it, I might go kind of postal myself.

At least he didn't take it out on the dog.