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Hunting dog shot by mistake
News Herald reports • November 18, 2008

HARRIS TOWNSHIP -- A man shot a hunting dog that wandered onto his property last week, according to an Ottawa County Sheriff's Office report.


Martin H. Meinke, who lives in the 16000 block of West Ohio 105, told a deputy he heard his dog barking outside before he retrieved a .22 rifle and turned floodlights on the night of Nov. 11, the report says. Meinke told an investigator there have been coyotes frequenting the area, according to the report.

After Meinke shot the dog, which died a short time later, the man hunting with the dog arrived, telling deputies he had tracked the dog via GPS after realizing the dog left the property where they were hunting, the report says.

The dog's owner, John Biggert, Graytown, told deputies the dog, Nighty Nite Little Red Ike, was 2 years old and had qualified for the National Coon Hunting Trials this year, according to the report.

No criminal charges have been filed at this time, a spokesman for the sheriff's office said, though a report has been forwarded to the Ottawa County Dog Warden who will consider the matter.

EVERYONE WRITE AN EMAIL TO MARK MULLIGAN AND TELL HIM YOUR APPAULD THAT ANYONE COULD MISTAKE A HUNTING DOG TO BE A COYOTE AND ASK HIM TO PROSICUTE TO THE FULLIST EXTENT OF THE LAW.

Phone: (419) 734-6845
Fax: (419) 734-3862

Email: prosecutor@co.ottawa.oh.us

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Ohio Laws and Rules

959.02 Injuring animals.
No person shall maliciously, or willfully, and without the consent of the owner, kill or injure a horse, mare, foal, filly, jack, mule, sheep, goat, cow, steer, bull, heifer, ass, ox, swine, dog, cat, or other domestic animal that is the property of another. This section does not apply to a licensed veterinarian acting in an official capacity.


959.04 Trespassing animals.
Sections 959.02 and 959.03 of the Revised Code do not extend to a person killing or injuring an animal or attempting to do so while endeavoring to prevent it from trespassing upon his enclosure, or while it is so trespassing, or while driving it away from his premises; provided within fifteen days thereafter, payment is made for damages done to such animal by such killing or injuring, less the actual amount of damage done by such animal while so trespassing, or a sufficient sum of money is deposited with the nearest judge of a county court or judge of a municipal court having jurisdiction within such time to cover such damages. Such deposit shall remain in the custody of such judge until there is a determination of the damages resulting from such killing or injury and from such trespass. Such judge and his bondsmen shall be responsible for the safekeeping of such money and for the payment thereof as for money collected upon a judgment.

Effective Date: 01-10-1961

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