Gee...No Shooting the Dog In the Yard, bummer dude.....

ANNAPOLIS, MD - A new bill inspired by a local case would make it illegal to shoot your neighbor's dog if it runs into your yard while chasing a deer.

The bill comes after a Williamsport man was sentenced to jail time in November for shooting two of his neighbor's dogs.

Jeffery Hurd's defense was that he shot the dogs after they ran into his yard chasing wild animals.

The law is already in effect in seven other Maryland counties.

"There are not too many dogs that I know about in Hagerstown or Washington County that might be able to catch a deer, so they might be chasing them off, but I don't think they're going to harm the deer. I don't think there's a need to kill the dogs," said Delegate LeRoy Myers (R - District 1C).

The Washington County delegation voted to send the bill forward and will now go to committee for consideration.

Credit: your4state.com (WHAG-TV 25)