Dogs and lack of a "leash law"

Found this at another forum, and thought I'd ask it here to see what people think here.

Anyway, the poster lives in a small town, where there are no laws for leashing up a dog. There is a particular owner who seems to purposely be breeding killer dogs, or dogs who will attack other animals or people.

He has two dogs, a male and a female, and the male one doesn't like other animals. It has already killed another dog, and seriously wounded another one. The female dog doesn't like people (besides her owner), and both of them are often seen running around together outside of the owner's yard.

The guy who owned the dog that was hurt is planning on suing the vicious dog's owner, but that guy essentially said "we're breeding killer dogs, if you don't like it, you can move". The cops don't seem to want to do anything about it (at least until a child or person gets attacked/killed by them, although they also won't allow guns in the town either), and people there are afraid of letting their children out to play by the park because of that (the dog owner lives across the street from the park).

What do you think could be done in this situation? And what would you do if you were in this situation?

If I was in this situation, I would first protest to the owner (most likely through letters, as I figure if I go to the house, the owner will probably send those dogs on me). If they won't listen, I'm going to start carrying an airhorn or stun gun (according to the original poster, guns aren't allowed in the city, and you'll get arrested if you use it, but he didn't mention stun guns, which I hope would work against dogs. And the airhorn I'm hoping will scare the dogs).

If I get attacked by the dogs while minding my own business (say I'm just relaxing in the park, and they attack me there), and the owner doesn't seem like they're going to do anything about it, man, I'm going to get really mean myself. If that happened to me, I wouldn't rule out killing the dogs by poisoning them. Let's see, dog food/meat soaked in anti-freeze will kill an animal won't it? And isn't chocolate fatal to dogs as well (I'd probably go this route so at least the dog owner suffers a little even if the dog doesn't die, and it'd be harder to trace the chocolate back to me). Of course, I'd wait at least a year or two before doing it (so it'll give me time to decide if I really want to go through with it, and if I do, it'll make it harder for the owner to trace it back to me. I can be a patient person if I'm planning revenge :sneaky: ). Keep in mind I would only go this far if I was attacked by the dogs without provoking them (meaning they just decided to attack me themselves, not because I'm trying to break into the owner's house, or because I'm attacking the owner).

I won't intentionally harm an animal unless it attacks me first. And in a case like this, I would have to hold the dog owner liable, because it's their fault for not tying up their pet, and restraining it from attacking me. I'd also have to complain to the city for not passing a leash law for vicious animals (not all dogs are aggressive after all, and chances are the ones that do actively attack people were taught to do that by their owners).

So, what would you do if you lived in this town, and had to regularly pass that dog owner's house on foot or bike?

Jam it back in, in the dark.