I talked to a sheep rancher in Cortez today, He has his ewes close to his house to lamb. He keeps his guard dog to guard the sheep. A bear came in the pasture and the dog attacked the bear, running the bear off. A bunny hugger saw the dog at work and called DOW. The DOW officer came out and told the sheep producer he needs to tie his dog up, so the dog won't harass the bears. The producer told the DOW officer that the dog was doing his job,and he wasn't about to tie the dog up. THe DOW officer said if it happened again he would be issued a citation.
Can DOW really issue a citation when the dog was using NON-LETHAL force to run the bear off? And the dog did not use excessive force, just run him back thru the fence