Don't dump your dogs
It was with horror I read the account this morning of the feral dogs who attacked the elderly couple in rural Georgia and killed them.
Most young people today do not realize the reason animal control agencies were started in the first place and why humane societies and shelters came to be.
Dogs are pack animals and left to their own defenses, they will bond with other dogs to eat, for protection and simply for survival.
Animal control agencies, which used to be called the pound, began due to the high incidence of rabies and this was the only way they could control the stray dog population. It was not done for the benefit of the animals, but to protect humans from being bitten by a rabid dog. Most humane societies came after that, to give those stray dogs a second chance.
Dogs have been domesticated over thousands of years. They cannot survive on their own for long periods of time. They will either be eaten by wild animals, killed by other feral dogs, become diseased, or starve to death.
Please, if you must give up your animal, give it to a rescue group or shelter. The only way we can stop the kind of tragedy which happened in Georgia is to stop believing dogs can live better on their own than with a family.
Most young people today do not realize the reason animal control agencies were started in the first place and why humane societies and shelters came to be.
Dogs are pack animals and left to their own defenses, they will bond with other dogs to eat, for protection and simply for survival.
Animal control agencies, which used to be called the pound, began due to the high incidence of rabies and this was the only way they could control the stray dog population. It was not done for the benefit of the animals, but to protect humans from being bitten by a rabid dog. Most humane societies came after that, to give those stray dogs a second chance.
Dogs have been domesticated over thousands of years. They cannot survive on their own for long periods of time. They will either be eaten by wild animals, killed by other feral dogs, become diseased, or starve to death.
Please, if you must give up your animal, give it to a rescue group or shelter. The only way we can stop the kind of tragedy which happened in Georgia is to stop believing dogs can live better on their own than with a family.
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