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<blockquote data-quote="Dry Rot" data-source="post: 8156714" data-attributes="member: 4505"><p>I haven't read unlacedgeto's quote from DEFRA as it will apply to England and I'm in Scotland but I've always understood it was not illegal to kill your own animals. What is illegal is to kill animals belonging to someone else which is why slaughter men have to be licensed!</p><p></p><p>In fact, less than a month ago I had two police officers at my door following up on a complaint about "two dead horses and vicious dogs" on my land. I openly and promptly admitted to having shot two old horses which the cops quickly acknowledge as OK. "You are perfectly entitled to do so as they are your own property". I always put down my own animals as then I know it is done humanely. These two went down like a pack of cards as they were grazing in the field and neither knew anything about it. Horses are shot in the forehead but cattle are shot in the back of the head because their skulls are particularly thick in the front.</p><p></p><p>The police were also introduced to the "vicious dogs" who came out of the kennel with tails wagging to make friends. (Might have been different if they had tried to arrest me!). The police were duly impressed and said so. No problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dry Rot, post: 8156714, member: 4505"] I haven't read unlacedgeto's quote from DEFRA as it will apply to England and I'm in Scotland but I've always understood it was not illegal to kill your own animals. What is illegal is to kill animals belonging to someone else which is why slaughter men have to be licensed! In fact, less than a month ago I had two police officers at my door following up on a complaint about "two dead horses and vicious dogs" on my land. I openly and promptly admitted to having shot two old horses which the cops quickly acknowledge as OK. "You are perfectly entitled to do so as they are your own property". I always put down my own animals as then I know it is done humanely. These two went down like a pack of cards as they were grazing in the field and neither knew anything about it. Horses are shot in the forehead but cattle are shot in the back of the head because their skulls are particularly thick in the front. The police were also introduced to the "vicious dogs" who came out of the kennel with tails wagging to make friends. (Might have been different if they had tried to arrest me!). The police were duly impressed and said so. No problems. [/QUOTE]
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