Philadelphians are torn over whether an off-duty FBI agent was too quick to shoot and kill a pit bull that attacked their dog on a busy downtown street — and the case is still in play.
Tuesday outside FBI headquarters on Arch Street to demand justice for Mia, the pit bull, and accountability for the agent.What they’re saying:
Mia’s owner Maria Esser told reporters that her dog was on a three-foot leash and she felt like the agent prematurely opened fire before giving her a chance to intervene in the fight. “Mia was shot and killed because she was seen as a threatening breed. The FBI agent acted out of fear and fragility," Gabriella Esser, Maria’s sister, posted on Instagram.it’s unlikely that the agent will face criminal charges.
It’s legal in Pennsylvania to kill an animal that’s posing a threat to a human or another animal. Plus, theallows federal officers to carry concealed weapons with few limitations. Kristen Bergsten of the Animal Law Firm told Billy Penn that witnesses would have to come with contradictory accounts; otherwise, it’s going to be “very difficult to get around the affirmative defense of ‘the dog was attacking me.’”
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