u/Electronic_Wasabi701

Before the tornado, the mean neighbor takes Toto to kill him (and is legally allowed to do so). Since this is an official action, none of the characters can stop it. Toto escapes, and then the man events of the movie happen. However, this plot thread is never resolved. Wouldn’t the women just come after the hurricane to take Toto again and kill him? Am argument could me made that since the women’s counterpart in Oz is the wicked witch and she dies, the women in kansas would have died as well. However, there is no evidence that the world of the movie works this way. Even if this was the case, since it is an official order that the dog needs to be put down someone else would just come and kill the dog.