<human>: So, here's the story... My dad was out walking his Siberian Huskies, all on leashes and on the dirt road, when a neighbor's smaller dogs rush the huskies and attack the group, including my dad (who has bruises and small dog bite marks from it). During the scuffle, my dad manages to free the main attacking small dog from one of the husky's mouth, who then immediately charges back at the husky. On the second go, the husky inflicted enough fatal damage before my dad could get them separated again.

Now, I get that the owners of the now-deceased little dog are obviously heart-broken, but they've now filed a complaint with animal control that the husky is dangerous. And apparently in Oregon law, the fact that the owner's neglect (letting their dogs run freely through the neighborhood without leashes) and the small dog being the aggressor is irrelevant. So now my parents are being fined hundreds of dollars and the dog will be labelled dangerous, which would cause the dog to be put down if anything happens again.

What transpired is obviously a tragedy, but I fail to see why my parents and their dog are being punished for being attacked and the husky defending her pack. We are all at a loss as to what (if anything) they should have done differently to prevent this, and this seems like they're being punished without having done anything wrong. So owners of big dogs beware; your dog defending itself from others may cost you.

Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: Loose little dog attacks leashed big dog on a walk, big dog kills little dog, big dog now labelled dangerous (even though self defense) and big dog owners being fined.