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This is post #65. We had to get to post #65 to get a sane, directly relevant answer?
Any of y'all heard of Charles Darwin? I reckon he figured that dog packs were a way to weed out people too stupid to carry guns. If he didn't, he should have.
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I think you're confusing Charles Darwin with someone else. Better luck next time.
The problem is that a lot of those feral dogs and cats are slinking around well-populated areas where shooting isn't necessarily safe for nearby humans.
Vigilante dog shooters would be a tiny danger, compared to the dogs themselves.
Can we leave feral cats out of this thread please? As far as I know feral cats have never attacked and killed a human plus you'll save me the trouble of climbing onto my soapbox informing everyone about how feral cats keep the rodent population down.
That there are that many stray dogs around is depressing. Now they’ll all need to put down, and maybe that area should spend more time focusing on the stray animal population and getting that under control. This was an avoidable tragedy. A very painful death for that poor man.
Some dogs that run in destructive packs like this are not strays. They have homes with people and may be gentle and well-behaved in those environments. But if they take off for some roaming with other dogs, sometimes just as few as two of them, they may behave very differently, just like wild animals. Some of the dogs that killed that man, may be getting fed and petted at their homes right now. Their people would never believe that they would behave like that, unless they actually saw them running with a pack. Some dogs that are not confined, often in country areas, may be living a secret, double life.
Some dogs that run in destructive packs like this are not strays. They have homes with people and may be gentle and well-behaved in those environments. But if they take off for some roaming with other dogs, sometimes just as few as two of them, they may behave very differently, just like wild animals. Some of the dogs that killed that man, may be getting fed and petted at their homes right now. Their people would never believe that they would behave like that, unless they actually saw them running with a pack. Some dogs that are not confined, often in country areas, may be living a secret, double life.
This is post #65. We had to get to post #65 to get a sane, directly relevant answer?
Any of y'all heard of Charles Darwin? I reckon he figured that dog packs were a way to weed out people too stupid to carry guns. If he didn't, he should have.
Next?
Poor gun devotee. Never seen a dog attack, have you?
The minute you shoot one of them, the others will pounce and knock you to the ground. There goes your gun. You can't outrun a dog, so you don't have that option. But mostly what happens is they knock their victim down, and once that happens, you're toast.
The odds are actually better if you freeze and do nothing. The odds are also better if you use pepper spray, since it doesn't make a noise that would cause the others to pounce. It won't stop the one you spray, but one by one (if they don't attack right away), they'll go off to the side to tend to their eyes, and when they see the can, they won't want to instigate another spray to their eyes.
But having a gun might mean you'd get one of them, that's correct. Right before you die.
If you watch wildlife documentaries, you'll see how pack animals attack their prey. Humans are no different, except they have the option of climbing, if there's something nearby to climb.
Goldendoodles and labradoodles. Springer spaniels.
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