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ScreamingMeemie

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31. Dog packs have been a problem in Detroit for years.

Reply to braddy (Reply #3)

Wed May 11, 2016, 09:31 AM

May 2016

In the 80s, when my father worked downtown off Jefferson, he would keep a box of milkbones and a bag of food in the back of his car... Equal parts helping the dogs and keeping them from a potential attack. It's no joke.

The numbers have been grossly exaggerated, but the problem exists.

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Dallas woman dies after being mauled by pack of dogs in city [View all] Eugene May 2016 OP

Just horrible! RIP... jonno99 May 2016 #1

let's thank the do gooders who think dogs are more important than people nt msongs May 2016 #2

Sounds like you should thank the idiots who let their dogs run loose from the house. haele May 2016 #7

For some time, my feeling has been... Orrex May 2016 #10

Excellent post! inanna May 2016 #21

They're certainly less murderous whatthehey May 2016 #9

That's only because we restrict their gun ownership Orrex May 2016 #12

I'm sure meant whimsically, but even so still stands whatthehey May 2016 #15

When a functional, autonomous person commits a crime... Orrex May 2016 #16

However, we cannot change the fact that they are wolves. Coventina May 2016 #20

It would seem that we're basically on the same page Orrex May 2016 #22

Yet I doubt you would accept whatthehey May 2016 #29

Well, there you would be wrong. I'm actually quite the pessimist when it comes to human nature. Coventina May 2016 #30

People blame the parents whenever young folks commit crimes whatthehey May 2016 #24

You'll note that I specified a functional, autonomous human Orrex May 2016 #25

By any criterion which excludes human children, there is no such thing then whatthehey May 2016 #28

Well, it goes both ways. Orrex May 2016 #33

That's not the right way to look at those numbers, by the way Orrex May 2016 #27

""In response to the mauling, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings told local media the problem of roaming dog braddy May 2016 #3

Dog packs have been a problem in Detroit for years. ScreamingMeemie May 2016 #31

A dog attack is a terrible way to go, cities shouldn't tolerate this at all. braddy May 2016 #32

I'm guessing they weren't Labs and Golden retrievers... linuxman May 2016 #4

If it's a feral pack, all bets are off. Coventina May 2016 #5

It says they were taken from a house later by animal control. linuxman May 2016 #6

Oh yeah, I think there's a very high probability these are some sort of bully breed. Coventina May 2016 #8

When I was a child, there was a feral pack lead by a St. Bernard in a neighborhood park. haele May 2016 #11

I remember when the "demon dog" in the media was always a Doberman. Coventina May 2016 #13

Oh yeah. Shepherds and Rottweilers had their turns too whatthehey May 2016 #18

They took time off from nannying small children to rip this woman to shreds alcibiades_mystery May 2016 #14

This is a local story here. It took animal control 4 days to show up after repeated calls. Major Nikon May 2016 #17

Someone should have checked at the local donut shop. lpbk2713 May 2016 #23

If Dallas is like San Antonio, roaming packs are becoming more common. hamsterjill May 2016 #19

How horrible. May she rest in peace. snagglepuss May 2016 #26