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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  I disagree. If my dog is in his own backyard living his life and a pet allowed to roam gets into my yard, I don't feel it is my or my dog's fault if the pet is accidentally injured or killed by my dog. It is the responsibility of the pet's owner to keep their own pet home, safe, out of harm's way and above all, off others' premises. I would be very sorry it happened and definitely feel their pain pretty intensely but my fault would not be equal in any way to that of the other animal's owner. Each owner is solely responsible for keeping his pet from trespassing on other's property and safe from harm. That's basic animal ownership responsibility. I only hope that all pet owners will keep their own dearly loved animals safe on their own property so these horrible things will not happen. While I do watch Tibbe when he is out due to his small size, if I owned a Mastiff I would not stand outside or sit by the window the entire time he was out just in case a negligent owner allowed their pet to get into my yard! It is a shame a poor cat is dead because he either had no home or his owner just let him out on his own. |
I doubt, anyway, that the Yorkie killed the cat. The OP said the body was still warm so it could have had a heart attack, been attacked before it got to the OP's yard and just died there.
I am so sorry a cat has died. But it is not the OP's fault, and she does not owe the neighbour any money.