Who Tamed

In my town there is an 80yr old man who has tamed bunnies that just roam around his yard free of cages...?

his neighbor's 8month old beagle puppy ran out of the house when his little girl opened the door. The beagle went straight for the bunnies and the old man instead of trying to chase away the poor pup with a broom or something, goes inside and gets a shotgun and shoots him right in front of the little girl. I found this to be TERRIBLE, being an animal lover I do not see how this man could be so cold hearted to do such a thing. What do you think? do you think that he had the right or not?(forget what any law says because where I live what he did was illegal) What are your thoughts about this?

This is a difficult situation because I work for the SPCA and the rules in my area would have said that if the dog was in his yard and was harming his animals and it was not supervised or controlled then the man would have been within his rights to protect his animals. That does not mean that he had a right to shoot the puppy. He should have called animal control. A 8 month old beagle puppy is very easy to stop and I have a huge problem with the fact that a 80 year old man had a shot gun and fired it with a small child present. What if his aim was wrong and he shot the child? He took the law into his own hands and shattered a little girls heart. The beagle puppy was just being a beagle puppy and he shouldn't have died that way. It is sick. Animals deserve to die with dignity and respect. The adults that owned the puppy should have had a fenced area so the beagle could run freely and not be jeopardized. I hope that they get a fenced in yard after they sue the crap out of the 80 year old man. He should also be arrested for animal cruelty.