Blind, elderly dog fatally shot by neighbor Medina, OH (US) Incident Date: Saturday, Apr 30, 2005 County: Medina Local Map: available Disposition: Acquitted Person of Interest: Howard Goodyear

Case ID: 6891 Classification: Shooting Animal: dog (non pit-bull) View more cases in OH (US) Animal was offleash or loose Abuse was retaliation against animal's bad behavior Login to Watch this Case

The dog was small, old, blind and crippled, but Howard Goodyear said it threatened the animals on his petting farm. On January 3, 2006, a judge in Medina acquitted the 30-year-old on one count of cruelty to animals.

The dog's owners say they can't believe it and that their two young children still ask when Natasha, their pet Chinese Shar-Pei, is coming home.

Goodyear says the dog wasn't wearing a collar when she wandered onto his property in May 2005 and he shot her. The judge ruled Goodyear had a right to do so because of the perceived threat to his livelihood.

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WKYC News - January 4, 2006

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