@ Romans44
"Pretty much everybody on here agrees that both parties should go back to negotiation, do you? "
I have to say that this is wishful thinking or fantasy on your paet.
There have been a very large number of posts in the above vein but from only a handful of people over the last days.
My opinion is that , of people posting on here , a majority ( no proof, just gut-feel ) believe that BASSA is no different from a savage dog that has gone out of control more than omce in the past, attacking its own family.
I think these same people now believe that the only way to be safe from a mauling is to take the dog and give it the benefit of a twelve-bore cartridge.
Then bury the cadaver, a few people sob but most breathe a heartfelt sigh of relief that a rabid menace has been put down.