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Originally Posted by oregonwoodsmoke
Dogs and cats dumped in this area don't live more than 48 hours. Either they are hit by cars or the coyotes eat them, If they are enterprising and take to hunting immediately, one of the local farmers shoots them.
Average of 3 a week all year long. 150 or so pets who die an unpleasant death, just in my neighborhood. It can't be fun to be eaten by coyotes. OP adopted one and that is one out of thousands, perhaps one out of hundreds of thousands
If you dump your dog or cat in the country, he doesn't get to go and live on a farm. 99% of the time, he dies a horrible death on top of the fear and pain of being abandoned.
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I think what you've said hits the nail on the head, so to speak. Most dumped pets won't survive very long, and the dog or cat who does wind up being found and are taken in are, for the most part, the rare exception. (One animal species that is also commonly dumped are rabbits...some people actually believe that this species will learn to adapt and survive, yet the probability for a domestic rabbit to survive in such situations, being a prey animal, is 0%....even a 24-hr survival rate is very slim.)
Unfortunately, those who are willing to drive out to the country, place a pet in a field or forest, and then drive off, are ultimately those who don't care about the animal's life in the first place.
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