Dogs & Guns -- A Sad Search

I was told that a D.C. police officer shot a Labrador Retriever yesterday.  Apparently the officer felt threatened -- the unleashed dog, Russell, rushed toward him; several shots were fired severely wounding the dog.  While searching for that article http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/dc/dog-shot-by-dc-police-officer-021511# I found this one -- Kyrgyzstan aims to shoot 10,000 stray dogs in 2011 -- on the WTOP website, reported by the Associated Press  http://www.wtop.com/?sid=2272573&nid= .  This is where I am supposed to write something profound -- my fingers are frozen.