Neighbors Dog Killed My Cat
Location: Richmond, VA. Hello, I (35F) have had ongoing issues with my neighbors (who live to my right) pit bull. It has free roam of the neighborhood because my neighbors don't try to keep him contained. He has eaten food delivery orders off my porch when it had been sitting for less than 2 minutes (I have pictures of him eating my food off my porch) the neighbors have done nothing to correct this behavior. A few months ago a stray cat started sleeping under my porch. I started feeding him and I named him and while he wouldn't let me touch him I considered him mine. My other neighbor that lives to the left (Good Neighbor or GN) heard a cat screaming the other day and went outside and saw the dog mauling my baby to death. He scared the dog off but the damage was done, my cat was dead before the GN could save him.
I want to know what my legal options are. There is currently a not yet set court date to determine if the dog is a danger and should be put down. I have learned after the fact that this dog has killed both another cat and multiple chickens in the past that I was unaware of. If I had known this dog was a danger to more than my pizza delivery I would have taken more precautions.
As far as the facts, I have pictures of the dog roaming free and eating my food delivery. I have pictures of my cat (not post death, only before, my husband wouldn't let me see his body for obvious reasons) I will soon have ashes of my cat. I have records of calling animal control on the dog for roaming free. He was taken once but the bad neighbors (BN) went and retrieved him the same day.
Obviously the BN did nothing, no apologies, no repayment for the lost food delivery, nothing. I need any and all LEGAL options to make them hurt financially. I know it's a stretch of a case if it went to court since I wasn't able to get the cat to the vet to establish ownership (he wouldn't let me touch him but I was getting so close and planned to take him as soon as he would let me grab him up)
TLDR: Neighbors dog killed my outside cat and I want to know what I can do legally to make them hurt.
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