Animal Dumping
"It's so dark and cold out here, surely they will remember they left me here and come back and get me. I am getting hungry and thirsty and I would like to lie down on my bed and take a nap. These strangers are scaring me. I want to go home!" A little dramatic I am sure however, I don't think anyone takes the animal's point of view when they suddenly "fall out of love" with it and decide to take the animal out to the country or neighboring town and dump it out, like you would throw away an old pair of socks. I blame Hollywood for a lot of the fads in pet adoption, people go see a movie that has an animal star such as Beethoven (a St. Bernard) or the infamous Lassie (a collie) and they have to go out and get one just like it for themselves, not realizing these animals are highly trained to do the "cute" things they do in the movies or TV. People don't stop to think before purchasing a dog or cat and when they realize this isn't the dog or cat they wanted, they get rid of it. They take the animal home and then learn they have to housetrain it and socialize it. Suddenly they are up to their ears in chewed up shoes and or clothes while the puppy is in their chewing stage or the cat shreds our their expensive d
Not to mention housetraining, that takes a lot of time and patience. Animal dumping is a huge ongoing concern in this part of the country and I am sure it is prevalent elsewhere in the country. When the animal gets hungry enough it is going to kill something to eat to survive, chances are it might be a goat, chicken, a baby pig or even a child. They will attack animals and humans, without fear. But it is a pet that was cast off, yes it was a pet, but when it was cast off to fend for itself without food, water or shelter being provided for it, it will return to its inherent traits and one of them being survival. The people that dump the animal takes all identifying tags and collars off of the animal. The animal is scared and biting is one of it's defense mechanisms, whether it be another animal or a human being. Yes, you do but the animal doesn't stay on the road it goes to the farmer's home or pastures and does damage to survive. Why is it inhumane? Purposely neglecting food, shelter is inhuman, by dumping an animal out in the country, you are leaving it to fend for itself and it is unable to do so unless it kills another animal, quite possibly livestock to eat, causing a loss for the farmer. Deluding himself or herself that someone will adopt it and give it a good home. But the farmer has a lot of animals, what is one more? Well it is not fair to assume that the farmer in question is able or willing to take your mistake off of your hands with out consulting them to see if they would like to have the animal. They prey on livestock close to the barn and show no fear of man. They can't take it anymore, so they put the animal in the car for a ride and take it out to the country and drop it off for someone else to worry about. That brings up another set of problems; the female or male breeds with the coyotes and the resulting pups are called coy dogs.
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