That ain't shit! Down in Douglas, AZ, if you have an unregistered pit, or "vicious dog", they (the police) take it to your front yard and pop a bullet in it's head, right in front of you. I saw it on the news a couple weeks ago. This is the only text the local newspaper allows me to copy without paying for their archive access:
"40 loose dogs in Cochise are shot in month
August 30, 2005 •• 652 words •• ID: MERLIN_3091832
More than 40 dogs in Cochise County have been shot in the last month as a way to control at-large canines. Since mid-July, officers with the Cochise County Sheriff's Department's animal control division have been going to communities in rural Cochise County, citing dog owners whose pets are at large and shooting animals they deem aggressive, said Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Carol Capas. Sheriff's deputies and a representative from the..."
I saw this shit on the news and it pissed me the fuck off. They showed this lady in front of her house, with blood on the floor from where they shot her "family dog". She said they did it right in front of her kids too.