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Midnight on the Farm by R. S. Gilbert

Some dogs in today's society are even treated better than some people. He states that, while holding the dogs as a "sacred" animal, he does not take a second thought when killing them because he sees this action as protecting the livestock that require his protection.
             Gilbert defends killing the dogs by making the chickens more of a family member than that of an animal and source of food. He has given the old rooster a name, giving the rooster more of a family member status instead of just some rooster. So when he came home and saw a dog on top of his rooster he justified that he was killing it to protect his extended family. He justified killing the strays because the livestock saved by his killing supply food for the owner of the dogs. He directs attention to the owners who allow their dogs to roam and that the owners do not care that their dogs are returning home with dead chickens. So Gilbert justifies killing the dogs because owners disregard the actions of their dogs. Gilbert also points out that it takes years to perfect the breeding process and refine the bloodlines of chickens. The deaths of the chickens is sometimes almost in vain because the dog may not eat all of the chicken. Then Gilbert brings up the waste of life that the dog attacks cause. He states that when he began raising sheep the dogs went from killing the chickens to ruthlessly attacking the sheep. Gilbert theorizes that the dogs attack the sheep for enjoyment and to satisfy their prey drive. The dogs are not doing anything with the carcasses, making the deaths pointless and acting as a needless hunt for a kill. This hunt does not always result in a kill, but sometimes a maiming of the sheep. Gilbert goes into detail describing in disturbing detail how the sheep have been torn up yet survive even with missing parts. He states how he bought a dog to protect the flock but even as the dog grew up knowing that it was meant to protect the flock it broke its duties to play with the stray dogs that would come along.


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