It was mid-2019 and the frustration over two runaway dogs had been building in one Northwest Camas neighborhood for nearly 18 months.
The story seemed to be on repeat: the dogs, two pitbulls, would escape from their yard and run around the area, charging toward neighbors late at night, injuring at least one small dog and killing a pet chicken. Neighbors would call the police or animal control, but the dogs’ owner would get his pets back, only to have the process repeat again a few days or weeks later.