Dogs shot by hunters
Liberty, IN (US)Incident Date: Sunday, Nov 28, 2004
County: St Joseph
Disposition: Open
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A state conservation officer planned to interview a suspect Monday in connection with the shooting deaths of two dogs. The dogs were reported missing by Melisa Culbertson, of 137 W. County Road 625 North, who said they wandered away from her home Sunday and were last seen being chased by hunters on a neighbor's property.
"I'm not opposed to hunting," she said. "I'm really not. But why do they have to do that so close to my house?"
The dogs, who were found dead Monday, were identified by Culbertson as a 7-year-old Great Pyrenees and a 5-month-old Siberian Husky.
The Pyrenees had been shot with an arrow three years ago and had to undergo $1,400 in medical treatments, she said.
Bob Cauffman, conservation officer with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, said he was investigating the shootings and planned to interview a suspect.
News of the shootings angered state Sen. Rose Ann Antich-Carr, D-Merrillville, who said she plans to reintroduce legislation prohibiting hunting within 600 yards of a residential site.
The proposal has failed twice over the last three years, she said. But she said something must be done.
"If you can't distinguish between a deer and a dog, you shouldn't be allowed to have a gun and certainly shouldn't be hunting," she said.
Antich-Carr said opponents of the legislation claim these types of prohibitions should be handled at the local level.
Ryan Jones, public information officer for the Porter County Sheriff's Department, said he knew of no county ordinance prohibiting hunting near homes. References
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