One simply looks pensive, expresses sympathy for the passing of the little bastard and never ever leaves evidence around.
Now if a wide ring of such incidents occur around your home..that might be another thing altogether.
Gunner
The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.
In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence, and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years . It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints, and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been as swift and complete as the collapse of British power.
Perhaps you miss the point. It's motivation therapy, AKA psywar. Gunner didn't say he'd actually do that, the point is to make the owner understand that "screw you" can cut both ways -- that's why the graphic description. The owner, obviously being a scofflaw who thinks that neighbor who says please isn't serious, might understand the notion of sneaky scofflaw retribution agains the hapless animal -- particularly if the message is delivered in a very calm, cold manner making the indelible impression in the jerk's "mind" that the speaker would have no qualms or hesitation about doing such a reprehensible act.
Now the laizzez-faire of "the authorities" works against the negligent and delinquent owner and a scumbag will understand that better than Ms Whitebread would. If they don't care about noise control, they're also not going to care about rover-cide. To them it'd just be a petty property crime even if it was provably ascribable to a particular perpetrator -- which it clearly would not be short of videotape or witness testimony, even if threats had been made. Scumbags know that cops don't dust for prints after petty theft, and even if they did they certainly wouldn't find any prints on a partially-digested meatball. So they'd just fill out a report. Their attitude toward petty property crimes is that insurance is the remedy. When they do catch thieves with stolen property, they bust the perp (who often skates with a scolding unless drugs are involved) and auction off the spoils for the benefit of the Policeman's Fraternal Brotherhood or some such.
As for civil action, the owner is legless there as well because it is his responsibility to keep his animal safe. If the dog were properly supervised it couldn't have eaten something that is bad for it, and if the dog was trespassing it's often legal to shoot them absent a leash law in effect. .
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