Puppycide with possibly the dumbest headline I’ve seen in awhile:

Woman not happy about deputy shooting her dog
baynews9.com

An Inverness woman is upset after her Jack Russell terrier was shot and killed by a Citrus County Sheriff’s deputy who said he felt threatened.

Nancy Blackwell is trying to put the past behind her, but fun and games with her Jack Russell, Rascal, are not the same without the third member of their family.

“You can’t believe it really happened,” Blackwell said. “It just, it just — there’s nothing that makes sense about it. Nothing, nothing!”

Blackwell’s other Jack Russell, Princess, was shot and killed by CCSO deputy Nick Hesse as the deputy served an arrest warrant on Blackwell’s son, according to sheriff’s officials.
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CCSO spokesperson Gail Tierney said Princess began barking at Hesse, got out of Blackwell’s house and ran at the deputy while showing her teeth and growling.

Tierney said the deputy moved back, shot and killed the dog. Hesse said he felt threatened by Princess.

“Given the very short time period that he had to react — I mean, it all happened within seconds that he made a decision to protect his well-being,” Tierney said.

Blackwell doesn’t agree with the explanation she was given and had harsh words for the deputy: “You’re an officer of the law and you’re scared of a Jack Russell? Do you want that kind of person protecting you?”

If you’re that afraid of Jack Russell terriers maybe you shouldn’t be allowed to carry a gun in public.