Wellington Limits Number Of Cats For Owners

[LWolf]

48. I've seen that with dogs.

When I lived in the rural Mojave Desert, people used to dump their unwanted dogs.

That meant one of 4 things:

1. Coyote bait.
2. Long, slow, painful dehydration death.
3. A feral dog pack: much worse than a pack of coyotes.
4. Someone (me) collecting them and sending them to the pound to be euthanized if I couldn't take them myself or rehome them.

We've all been worried about how the economic depression affects people; it's been bad.

It's worse for the pets. They need to be rounded up, re-homed, or, if they can't be re-homed, euthanized.

I'm not a fan of euthanizing animals. In the case of the dumped dogs, I thought it was the lesser evil compared to being ripped apart by a pack of coyotes or dying of dehydration. In the case of health/sanitation concerns, it's probably the lesser evil, as well.