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Should dog owners have been notified of shooting?

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Lance Ranck poses with Schotzi, his 14-week-old dog he brought home in January. Ranck’s two other dogs, Zoe and Izzy, were killed after they got out of their electric fence and ran into a nearby sheep farm where they were shot. (DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS–JASON PLOTKIN)

Lance Ranck’s two dogs — Zoe, a 1-year-old herding dog, and Izzy, an 8-month old black lab — were shot and killed Dec. 26 after they broke through an electric fence. The dogs ran to a nearby farm and were shot when the landowner saw them advancing toward his livestock, said Melissa Smith with the York County SPCA.

Ranck of Springfield Township said he understands that if Zoe or Izzy had attacked and hurt the sheep, he would have been liable for the damages. But what he doesn’t understand is why the state doesn’t require someone who shoots an animal to notify police.

Instead, he said, his dogs were buried somewhere on the farm.

“If not for the snow that had fallen that night, we would’ve never known where they went,” Ranck said.

He and his wife followed the dogs’ tracks to the farm.

The farmer, who has not been charged, according to Smith, could not be reached for comment.

Smith said an SPCA dog officer is investigating the incident, which she believes will soon be completed.

“We don’t know at this point if cruelty charges are warranted or will be filed,” she said.

According to Smith, shooting dogs in pursuit of livestock is allowed under state law.

A concern shared by Ranck and Smith is that under these circumstances, no one has to be notified of the shooting.

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