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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  The sad thing is a few years ago Callie was acting weird in the back yard (she is 18 pounds so I let her go out by herself) when I checked on her and I went out in the yard and there was a dead rabbit now our yard is fenced in so I told myself she gave it a heart attack chasing it and it couldn't get out but my dad feels she grabbed it and shook it. I don't think you can sue them maybe you can but I'm not sure. |
Mmm I wouldn't sit idly by while they just get away with their screw ups. If a dog food company screws up nothing much comes out of it.
Now if food company intended for human consumption was tainted/messed up you can bet that they would get their butts sued and reputation would be damaged.
As for the rabbit, if it's dead the least you or he could do would be to skin the rabbit, clean it, cook the meat and feed it to the dog.
I don't think burying it or throwing it out is a good idea.
Guess I was taught to treat animals with respect even after death and if you kill an animal(obviously not a pet) then make sure to use its meats.
Because while people may not like to think about it, that could had been a meal for another predator or in different circumstances, for the dog.
Maybe it's silly of me. Just idk, we had a dog when I was a kid, and when the dog killed a stray chicken(we lived in farm lands) or some wild animal we always would clean it up, cook it and feed it to them. Obviously if the chicken was someone elses' we'd pay them for the chicken out of courtesy.
Our dog wasn't you know free roaming, but within our fenced yard we'd still have some animals come by.
How the chicken managed to get in our yard- we do not know. But even know our neighbors behind us have chickens and one of them managed to get over our 7 foot tall fence. But that is probably because they have this playground where it probably jumped from there.
Still, we never let things like that go to waste. As long as it's not something like a mouse, rat, or something that's an obvious pathogen for diseases. If you wouldn't want it, maybe put the animal in a wooded area where there are other predators-- though not sure if that's really a good idea.
But yes your dad is probably right, probably shook it. Lagomorphs do have a rather delicate bone structure. Even when you're holding a rabbit, they can accidentally kill themselves if they start squirming too much because their spines can break. A few feet fall is enough to kill them as well. If the dog was chasing it and the rabbit was frantic enough it could die from a possible heart attack.
Many things can kill a rabbit, even what it eats can be it's own killer.
Again it's probably silly of me to say all of this. Just I grew up around people that held life with utmost respect. I do feel bad for the rabbit, if he died from being shook up that would be a bad way to go. I'd prefer to think he'd go from a heart attack as opposed to being shook repeatedly and possibly experience a heart attack at the same time.