OK, why in the name of all that’s holy would anyone shoot a neighbour’s dog that escaped from the owner’s yard? People who live in civilised countries shouldn’t behave like barbarians - here, on the rare occasion a neighbour’s dog escapes their yard, we would use food as a bait to catch it and take it back to the owners. Either that, or call the local authority’s Dog-Warden.

Whatever, it’s more evidence of the lunacy of a country that allows any Tom, Dick, or Harriet to own guns.