November 8, 2011
From TheRepublic.com
MAGALLOWAY, Maine — A Dixfield hunter is facing charges for allegedly
shooting a dog that was walking in the woods with its owner.
The Maine Warden Service says Christopher Salatino was charged Monday
with shooting a domestic animal. He was issued a summons to court.
Authorities say the German shepherd was shot Nov. 2 in the woods of
Magalloway.
Salatino, who was deer hunting, told authorities he thought the dog
was a coyote.
A spokeswoman for the Warden Service says the shooting was a case of
hunter not practicing 100 percent identification.
On the same day, an Orrington man was charged with shooting a dog he
mistook for a coyote.
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