Taste for blood

Question
Our Husky Raven is 8 yrs old and we had 7 chicken's and 2 duck's. The other night Raven broke loose from his chain and killed all 7 chicken's and the 2 duck, the animals where in a chicken house we never thought that our lovable Raven would do such a thing our 4 yr old son was heart broken and did not understand what had just happened as my wife and I. I was so upset that I told my wife that I need to get ride of Raven in fear of him attacking us or someone else, or am I just talking crazy please help

Answer
There is no need to get rid of Raven . . . he's the same great, lovable Husky he's always been and will continue to be so.  If you read into the breed some more, you'll find that they have a highly developed prey drive and are well known for chasing and killing small animals - fowl would probably be among their favorites.  They were bred this way in the same way they were bred to be great around people, friendly with other dogs, able to run for hours, pull a sled and have that playful disobedience they are so well known for.  There is a reason they have this highly developed prey drive, but the fact is, they pose little to no threat to humans (adults or children)*, and little risk to other dogs.  They mainly just see small animals (ducks, squirrels, chickens, rodents, birds, etc.) as a potential food source and a fun thing to chase.  It is in their nature and it is important they are isolated from these animals if you do not want them to chase, catch and kill them.  There is no training that will beat hundreds of years of selective breeding to them in this case - the prey drive they have is extremely high and fine tuned.

*I say "little to no risk" here only as a general caution.  Improperly socialized and trained dogs can be a risk to humans and other dogs, but as a whole, Siberians are not as a breed a danger to either.