WOW that's one heck of a story! My husband has been telling me to make sure I keep a look out when I have my little 4 lb. Alice outside because he's been seeing a lot of hawks and turkey buzzards the last month or so. We have HUGE turkey buzzards here and while they are usually more scavengers (I wrench when I see them "taking care of" a deer on the side of the road) they have been occasionaly known to pick up small pets out of desperation along with the hawks. It is
illegal what you did, but definalty can't say I wouldn't have had my husband do the same thing if one was really stalking my Yorkie for days like that. Yikes
that was a hard desission to make.