K-9 Death Squad

Jacob Sullum | 5.3.2004 12:52 PM

Last week police in Muskego, Wisconsin, went to the wrong house in response to a burglar alarm. Since there was no burglar to arrest there, they shot and killed the family dog instead.

Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books, September 2).