We may not love every law in the society we live in, but we certainly have every
opportunity to know about them ahead of time, before a tragedy happens. In the
case of the dogs behind the fence, the law is on the side of the children. Dogs
aren't supposed to kill children even if the children aren't where they're
supposed to be. Thoughtful dog owners protect their dogs by making sure this
sort of thing doesn't happen. Towards that end, police bomb sniffing dogs are
trained to alert their trainers to the presence of bombs, not kill children who
wander into their kennels. I would certainly hope police departments wouldn't
keep anything so dangerous as a dog who would kill a child unless, under
whatever bizarre circumstances, was commanded to do so by its handler.

--Lia