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Well, dog owners were warned. Though killing and burying the dog before telling the owner seems a little weird as well
SALISBURY, Mass. —
Police are investigating the deaths of two animals in Salisbury, a duck killed by a dog and the dog that was killed by the duck's owner last week.
Emily Meattey said her young daughter accidentally let the family's two dogs, Zoe and Grizzly, out of their home, which is in the area of Beach Road and Dock Lane in Salisbury. The dogs went to a home nearby where the homeowner keeps ducks.
Meattey said she heard a gunshot and then Grizzly came running back. Zoe did not.
"It’s not more or less that they shot her because that’s very traumatic, but it’s what they did after," Meattey said. "They didn’t do the right steps."
Meattey said her family spent days looking for Zoe because the shooter at first denied killing the dog.
A man who answered the door at that property, who spoke off-camera with NewsCenter 5, said they had previously warned the Meattey family they would defend the ducks if the dogs came by again. They followed through with that promise, shooting and killing Zoe.
"We told them, 'Next time it comes over, you're not going to get your dog back.' And then, the next time it came over, it had the duck in its mouth, dead," he said.
Police investigating after dog killed while attacking neighbor's duck
"It’s not more or less that they shot her because that’s very traumatic, but it’s what they did after," the dog's owner said.
www.wcvb.com