It’s a scenario that has played out in rural America since the great migration west. A stray animal, or even what was thought to be a trusted family pet, answers to its ancient instincts and inflicts a serious bite to a visitor, its own caretaker or, all too often, a child. Answering to his own instincts, its owner takes the long walk out back with the animal, with a pistol or a small caliber rifle in hand, and puts the animal down. But that is not the way it is supposed to work in Texas, and the South Plains Health District is ...