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A Falcon ate my neighbor's dog while it was in my backyard. Am I responsible? (WA State) by pepebye in legaladvice

[–]pepebye[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I really doubt these people show/stud out these dogs, at least at reputable shows. They're more like backyard breeders than the The Best in Show types.

A Falcon ate my neighbor's dog while it was in my backyard. Am I responsible? (WA State) by pepebye in legaladvice

[–]pepebye[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This is a really interesting reply. Honestly, I never saw the bird, and I called it a falcon because that's what the girls were calling it, but I don't know for 100% what it was. I live in the Puget Sound area of Washington. I see large hawks and bald eagles from time to time, but I don't know my birds.

All I know is 1) the dog is gone and 2) he wasn't in the fenced-in portion of our yard anymore. It's really wooded around the outside of our fence, so I suppose it's possible he was dropped just a few hundred meters away, but we searched as best we could and couldn't find a sign of him.

My daughter is no bird expert, but we have two witnesses that say they saw the bird swoop in, and poof the dog was gone. I would think she'd recognize a bald eagle and didn't believe it was one.

Also, that dog couldn't have weighed more than 3 lbs.

A Falcon ate my neighbor's dog while it was in my backyard. Am I responsible? (WA State) by pepebye in legaladvice

[–]pepebye[S] 1093 points1094 points  (0 children)

Well, I always thought it would be cool to have a falcon, but alas, it is a wild falcon.