Over the past week, a public shelter in a big city asked me whether they could euthanize a dog that is being held as evidence. The dog inflicted severe injuries on an innocent victim, and its owner is fighting criminal charges. In additional to the criminal case, a civil lawsuit will certainly follow.
I told them to keep the dog alive without doing anything to change its behavior, make sure it doesn’t get adopted-out or stolen, and make it available to the experts for all parties in the criminal and civil cases.
That’s just a summary of my advice. To learn more, check out my article, Responsibilities of Shelters Holding an Attacking Dog as Evidence.