Feral dogs question

[JimKirk]

Dr. Tad
Luck would have it, I bumped into the old guy today after a Dr. appoint. I had forgot about them killing all those wild dogs until I saw your poll. I asked him how they(him and the grandson) had been able to kill that many dogs so quick! Turns out the GS was working a a meat packing plant and was able to get scrap meat and they had baited the wild dogs. He said that later on he and another friend had killed four more. Like I said there where reports from other creek fishermen of maybe not the same, but packs of wild dogs in the same area. I helped to find a used MossB shotgun at a good price, so now he has his own!

Jimmy K.

 

[Uncle Mike]

Feral children aren't, either.

But in certain "blue states", feral children run rampant. I think that most of them are born to two feral parents, though.

I'll finish this tomorrow when I aint LMAO....

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[gimlet1/21]

The South Carolina state animal is the stray dog, they travel and breed in packs, some have collars beneath their matted hair. When we first arrived here my wife wanted to continue her hobby of raising fancy chickens, needless to say the boys and I were forced to hunt feral dogs. We must have killed 15-20 from two separate packs. Most were zapped with scoped mossberg 702 plicksters. We also breed AKC English Mastiffs, when my bitch was in heat the hunting was easy. Mastiffs put out a lot of scent.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Back to the Opening Post: I would like to see a wildlife resources agency study. I suspect that most abandoned or runaway domestic dogs don't last the first winter, but that is just a surmise. A feral dog hunt to me would be a sad but necessary duty. Now hunting the people who abandon "pets" in the country would be justice, but probably not legal.

 

[farscott]

Some expletive deleted city people take their unwanted pet dogs out in the country and abandon them. They end up crazy and wild, either starving or going after livestock.

This is a huge problem where I am, especially with the current economic situation. I have been finding roughly a dog per week out where we live. Found some with collars and tags. Called one guy whose phone number, with area code, was on the collar, and he denied owning the dog. That one got me torqued.

Just yesterday, we took in a half-starved Great Pyrenees that a local Realtor found. She is the sweetest dog, but she was not too far away from becoming feral. My wife and daughter got her cleaned up and found sixteen ticks in the process. It looks like she has a new job now, watching our chickens.

Lately I have been hearing about people leaving their pets to die chained up in their foreclosed homes. I am glad to not have seen that for myself.

In the past, I have been forced to shoot dogs. I was not happy doing it, and I blame ignorant people for forcing me to do their dirty work for them.

 

[alemonkey]

My parents find dumped dogs all the time. They live in a rural area, 10 miles outside a town of 400 people, and about 50 miles from a town of probably 30,000. My dad has had to shoot several feral dogs that attacked his livestock. I believe most all of them are dumped by their owners, not born in the wild. Winters can get pretty nasty where they live (northern Nebraska) and I doubt if many of them survive long enough to raise a litter.

I think anyone who wants to dump a dog should be shot and a good home found for the dog. It would spare the dog a nasty fate, and rid the world of another a-hole.

 

[huntsman]

If you get a chance check this show out on history channel

MonsterQuest : The Real Cujo
Airs on Saturday August 08 03:00 PM

Dogs are known as man's best friend, but now canines are striking fear into many who report attacks by predatory packs. Originally descended from wolves, domesticated dogs were brought to the United States 12,000 years ago and used as aggressive protectors. Today, more and more dogs are being turned loose on the streets and returning to their wild roots. These feral dogs are attacking people. Now, MonsterQuest launches a search to follow these ferals, using state of the art cameras to uncover where they live and how dangerous they are to man.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

I think anyone who wants to dump a dog should be shot and a good home found for the dog. It would spare the dog a nasty fate, and rid the world of another a-hole.

Hear, hear!!

Thanks for the info, huntsman.

 

[alemonkey]

Another often overlooked problem is feral cats, or even cats whose owner allow them to roam free. They destroy a huge amount of wildlife every year.