OPP are investigating after two dogs were shot last week after they wandered onto a property in Kingsville – one fatally.
Cheryl Robinson remembers her black lab, Lola, who one week ago went for her last walk. Robinson says family members were visiting her Kingsville home, so she forgot to tie Lola and her son's dog Charlotte up on her yard.
When Robinson went to check up on the dogs they were gone.
"I could see them. They were heading towards the bush, I thought they would come right back," she says.
Bu they didn't. Robinson says an hour later the local dog catcher pulled up to tell her Lola was dead.
A source familiar with the incident tells CTV News, after fatally wounding Lola, a neighbour then shot at Charlotte – hitting her in the shoulder and neck, but not wounding her fatally.
X-rays later showed dozens of shot shells still embedded in Charlotte's skin – shots that surgeons say they can never remove.
Robinson says she went to her neighbour's home and was shocked to see what happened.
"I walked over to my dog…he had a hole the size of my fist in his shoulder. I was just so upset. I couldn't believe anybody could ever shoot a pet like that."
Melanie Coulter of the Windsor-Essex Humane Society says the OSPCA investigated the incident and says evidence so far shows previous incidents led to the neighbour's actions.
"Our understanding is there may be a history of the dogs going onto this property and killing a cat previously, and the action was taken in order to protect the life of the cat," Coulter says.
OPP says the neighbour acted fully within the law. However, Coulter says if people feel endangered by an animal they should contact animal control or authorities, before taking matters into their own hands.
CTV Windsor has reached out to the OPP, but they wouldn't comment directly on the case as they are still investigating.
In the meantime, the OSPCA has wrapped its investigation and Coulter says the protection agency is not looking at laying any cruelty charges at this time.
