If I were in your situation, I would take pictures to document the foot prints from their house to yours and definitely report the whole thing to the authorities. Maybe they can even get the size foot print to match up with your neighbor?
That is so sad I am sorry that there are people in his world that would take their anger out on an animal it just makes me sickBrownSheep said:If you haven't please take photos of EVERYTHING. If you do chose to take legal action it will be indespensible. When I was young my dad ,who is a lawyer, took legal action to prevent 10,000 head dairy from being built near our home by preventing dairies being built so close to the flood plain. A short time after that our dog went missing. We have no proof but the comments their foreman made but we believe he took it and shot it.