Originally Posted by WarChild

Actually, that's not quite true here in Canada. It's a by-law issue so it varies from city to city. In the city I live in in, they could have picked the dog up, torn it apart and ate its remains and they would still only be labeled dangerous dogs, not destroyed.

Animals are only considered property. It's only if your dog hurts a person that things escalate and dogs are destroyed and or people are charged with criminal negilence.