Alleged Dog Killer Charged With Animal Cruelty, Endangerment

DA: Gabriel Pilotti had 'no justification' for shooting his neighbors' 'beloved pets' on Feb. 12.

A West Vincent Township man has been charged in a Feb. 12 incident that resulted in the deaths of an area family's two pet dogs. Police say Gabriel Pilotti, 72, admitted shooting "Argus" and "Fiona," Bernese Mountain Dogs belonging to the family of one of his neighbors, Mary Bock, because he discovered them chasing sheep inside an enclosed pasture on his property. Bock told police that the dogs had escaped from her yard. According to police, Pilotti told them during interviews on Feb. 12 and Feb. 21 that he first saw the dogs "chasing his sheep" from his kitchen window. He then retrieved a shotgun and ammunition from his garage and went outside to the edge of the sheep enclosure. "Argus," the male dog, approached Pilotti at a trot, …

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Boywonder

7:34 pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013

If your kids were to go around harassing injuring, or killing cattle/sheep would it be ok for your neighbor to shoot them? I'm just asking because if he warned you it would be ok right? According to your logic it would be...........   more ›