Wrongful police killings of companion dogs is gaining attention on lo- cal and national levels. Efforts to hold officers accountable are often stalled.
The degree to which dogs die at the hands of police have led some commentators to refer to this trend as “puppycide” or “canicide.” The purpose of this ...
The earliest known use of the noun puppycide is in the 1860s. OED's earliest evidence for puppycide is from 1865, in Pall Mall Gazette.