Again, the difference between a marauding killer and a family pet is the owner. On one hand you have responsible owners that keep their dog contained, trained, clean and fed.

OTOH, you have lazy POS trash that takes an animal (or kids sometimes) and lets them run wild over the countryside and doesn't give two shits what or who they kill. When I was a 10 year old kid, I had half my face torn off by a german shepherd that was allowed to roam loose by its dickhead owner. If it wasn't for a yappy little anklebiter it wanted to eat instead, it would have continued to chew on the back of my head and neck...but I digress...

My favorite are the hippie chicks that think their dogs are people and their method of training begins and ends with a firm talking to.

Anyway, It's my belief the owners of dogs should be held responsible for any damage they do as if the owner did it with their own hand. Because by proxy, through irresponsibility and negligence, they are to blame. If you raise your dog to be agro, and it gets out and maims someone, your ass should go to prison.