Zippy has tasted blood, it's all over now.  He's going to have to go on the lamb for a while.  The police will be coming around, asking questions and we're going to have to come up with an alibi for him.

Last night there was a teeny tiny little chick sitting in the chain link fence in the front yard.  We cut down 2 very large limbs over the w/e and probably demolished a nest or two.  Zippy was  barking at the bird but was not interested in approaching it.  
Here is the account of an eyewitness who saw the attach this morning:

"When Zippy and I went out this morning, The chick (which turned out to be a cardinal) was still sitting on the fence. The momma was also sitting on the fence chirping up a racket. Well, the baby bird flew towards its mom, about 2 feet off the ground....Zippy ran over and snatched it out of the air, shook it and bit the poor little guy. I screamed "leave it" which he did not. Anyway....Zippy killed the little guy. He is now a killer. He seemed very proud of him self. I just couldn't get there quick enough. "