Is it permissible to kill dogs, including newborns and those with young, if they enter a wheat field and cause damage to the plants and reduce production?
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There is no harm in killing harmful dogs, even if they have recently given birth, because their harm justifies their killing. Some scholars have gone so far as to permit killing dogs even if they are not harmful.
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