article_snippet.sent: A family have spoken of A family heartbreak after two of A family beloved pet dogs were shot dead by A family neighbour.
article_snippet.sent: But Lisa and James Tuttle happiness was shattered in 2014 after Lisa and James Tuttle dogs Marley and Lily were shot after escaping on to their neighbour's farmland where Lisa and James Tuttle were accused of killing his birds.
article_snippet.sent: Lily, centre, and Marley, right, were killed as they were accused of slaughtering a farmer's birds after escaping onto a farmer land from the Tuttle's garden.
article_snippet.sent: Owners whose dogs are killed can prosecute on the grounds that Owners whose dogs are killed property has been destroyed.
article_snippet.sent: Marley, pictured, was killed for worrying livestock after his gamekeeper acted within the law when two more dogs, Lily and Bella were said to break into a bird pen on farmer John Cook's property .
article_snippet.sent: But if the killer has a 'lawful excuse' - such as where there were no other means of ending or preventing the dogs worrying their livestock - their have not committed an offence.
article_snippet.sent: It's a bitter pill for the Tuttles to swallow as they say they are bereft at the loss of they two pets.
highlights_snippet.sent: Lisa and James Tuttle were warned if dogs kept bothering farmer's birds, dogs'd be shot .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: In 2014 while family were on holiday, gamekeeper shot two of the dogs .
  