Opossum clash ends with arrest, dog shot Associated Press <!-- begin body-content -->SAN DIEGO - A dispute that began over the capture of an opossum in a residential neighborhood ended with police shooting a Rottweiler and arresting a man after stunning him with a Taser gun. A fight broke out in the Talmadge area of San Diego after a resident saw a large opossum running in the area Tuesday and asked a maintenance worker to corral the feral animal, prompting a call to police. An officer at the scene shot a Taser gun at one man who became combative, according to police reports. The man removed the barbs and fled through a neighboring yard, where a Rottweiler allegedly came at the officer. The officer fired several shots in self-defense, police said. The man was found and arrested a short time later. Police said they were evaluating him for being under the influence. The dog was taken to an animal hospital. Its condition was not immediately available. <!-- end body-content -->
Let me get this straight, a cop runs through my yard, my dog does his job and attacks him, and the cops shooting the dog is "self defense"? So if you break into my home, I attack you, you shoot me.... it's self defense? Bullshit!
In CA, I can see that happening As backwards and messed up as their laws are, yeah, I could see that happening. Ryan
I may have lost in the long run, but ANYONE in my yard and shooting my dog will be killed... Period.with a statue of GW Bush sticking out your ass, you will die in a hail of 223 slugs from my window! End of story!
