A person walks past the Provincial Court of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024.Photo by ETHAN CAIRNS/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Court finds man not justified in B.C. area killing of tea-cup Chihuahua named Bear

The tiny dog had roamed onto the man's property several times before he used a .22 calibre rifle to shoot the animal in the head, the ruling said

· National Post

CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A British Columbia provincial court judge has ruled that a Boston Bar man who shot a tea-cup Chihuahua named Bear claiming it was menacing his chickens was not justified in killing the animal.

The court said in a ruling published online that Behrouz Rahmani Far had been in a bitter, years-long feud with the dog’s owner, his neighbour Glenn Kurack.

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