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If your community had a legal cull of stray dogs, would you participate.

What would be the best way to do it...bait...puppy call

What caliber would be best for dog.

SPCA Supports Dog Cull
Boy fatally mauled on Canoe Lake Reserve

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ShareThisReported By Benson McCulloch
Posted February 2, 2010 - 11:48am
Support for a northern Saskatchewan dog cull is coming from an unlikely place - the Saskatoon SPCA. Talk of a cull comes after a ten year old boy was killed by a pack of dogs Saturday on the Canoe Lake First Nation.

Tiffany Koback, the Saskatoon SPCA shelter director, says something has to be done to get populations of roaming dogs under control. If that means rounding up and shooting the animals - so be it.

"If these dogs are unmanageable, then humane euthanasia would be one answer," Koback said. She doesn't object to shooting the animals as long as its done in a humane way with minimal pain, suffering, and distress.

"If nothing is done to get the population under control, your just going to look at it compounding itself year over year as the animals reproduce."
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If the locals were all advised, and all agreed to keep an extra-tight leash on their domestic pups, I'd feel just fine doing it. If it were in an area where everyone let their farm dogs run wild (like my family's farm area - hell, the dog will follow us miles away deer hunting and we have to lock her in the truck cab to prevent her from illegally 'pushing bush' for us) then I'd be a little more reluctant to shoot domestic-looking dogs... hell, in that kind of area, someone's German Shepherd would look like a big wolf from miles away.

There're folks in our neck of the woods who have wolf-breed dogs that put orange vests on them during deer season because they've been shot at so many times - and who can blame a person, even local, for shooting at a spot-on copy of a grey wolf?

So, in short, if everyone kept their pets locked up a little tighter and the community said "let's get this done quickly" then I'd be on board. Otherwise, I wouldn't want to be the guy explaining to little Suzy that "Boomer" just got whacked because of my actions. And this goes double if the packed-up feral dogs are made up of more "domestic looking" pooches too, such as beagles or retrievers. Add to that the fact that some may still have their original collars on if they are abandoned-***-feral dogs, and it becomes impossible to IFF.

-M
 
I'd be all over that.
Set up in a field with some puppy chow and smack 'em with the 22-250.:D
 
I don't know - you need to clarify something. Do you mean stray dogs as in owner negligence? Or do you mean feral dogs? I have no issues culling feral dogs in the country but I would not shoot a stray dog unless it was threatening me. Unfortunately some owners are not very responsible and whacking someone's dog is not cool.
 
Its done yearly in some northern towns / reserves. Its not the first time feral dogs have attacked or killed. Its a shame to have to do it to "man's best friend", but people come first.
 
Glock4ever said:
I don't know - you need to clarify something. Do you mean stray dogs as in owner negligence? Or do you mean feral dogs? I have no issues culling feral dogs in the country but I would not shoot a stray dog unless it was threatening me. Unfortunately some owners are not very responsible and whacking someone's dog is not cool.
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I agree. Shooting Feral dogs is not hunting, it would just be shooting, it would not be a job I would want to do.
 
I know an expert.

effinggoof said:
What caliber would be best for dog.
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He is responsible for dog control in his (First-Nation) jurisdiction. He told me that he has to remove about 175-250 dogs from his community each year.

He prefers a scoped bolt-action rifle chambered in the venerable .22 Magnum.

I also know another by-law enforcement officer who preferred a scoped rifle in .22LR.
 
Some of the nicest people I met were dogs ..... how about shooting the people that let the dogs over breed and get out of control in the first place ?

I would first try and rescue the dogs that you could , then ban the people on the reserve from having dogs ever again and if I was attacked by a dog I would agree with killing it as a matter of self defense .

just going in and shooting dogs because a bunch of people were too lazy to spay and neuter their pets is just wrong .... gotta fix the problem where it starts from ... the people responsible for the dogs.
 
biggerstretch said:
Some of the nicest people I met were dogs ..... how about shooting the people that let the dogs over breed and get out of control in the first place ?

I would first try and rescue the dogs that you could , then ban the people on the reserve from having dogs ever again and if I was attacked by a dog I would agree with killing it as a matter of self defense .

just going in and shooting dogs because a bunch of people were too lazy to spay and neuter their pets is just wrong .... gotta fix the problem where it starts from ... the people responsible for the dogs.
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What ####ing planet are you from? The pack of feral dogs isn't going to be "rescued", they're hunting in a pack like wolves would.

I agree that the onus is on the community to enforce responsible ownership, but they need to fix this problem at the same time - and authoritatively.

Jesus, ban dogs??? What are you, a Liberal campaign strategist???

-M
 
Doc M said:
What f**king planet are you from? The pack of feral dogs isn't going to be "rescued", they're hunting in a pack like wolves would.

I agree that the onus is on the community to enforce responsible ownership, but they need to fix this problem at the same time - and authoritatively.

Jesus, ban dogs??? What are you, a Liberal campaign strategist???

-M
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No , just tired of idiot people and having to clean up their messes just because they are too stupid to take care of themselves .

A few of those dogs are worth " rescueing " all depends if you are a cat or a dog person I guess ....

I never said they should ban dogs , just ban the ignorat " people " from having them...

Things may have gotten so far out of hand that you have to cull the dogs however unless you fix the people the problem will just come back ...
 
biggerstretch said:
Some of the nicest people I met were dogs ..... how about shooting the people that let the dogs over breed and get out of control in the first place ?


Okay I just want to say here without provoking an all out war that posting " how about shooting the people that let dogs overbreed and get out of control in the first place?" sounds like the kind of "soundoff" you expect to hear from the moronic anti-hunting establishment like PETA! Did you miss the part where it says a kid was killed? If you are a gun owner and you are sounding off about how people should be shot for letting their dogs run loose( and no I don't condone that by any means) you had best not post or say in earshot of anyone those kind of views. You could end up in hot water with the gun laws in this country.........
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the spank said:
biggerstretch said:
Some of the nicest people I met were dogs ..... how about shooting the people that let the dogs over breed and get out of control in the first place ?


Okay I just want to say here without provoking an all out war that posting " how about shooting the people that let dogs overbreed and get out of control in the first place?" sounds like the kind of "soundoff" you expect to hear from the moronic anti-hunting establishment like PETA! Did you miss the part where it says a kid was killed? If you are a gun owner and you are sounding off about how people should be shot for letting their dogs run loose( and no I don't condone that by any means) you had best not post or say in earshot of anyone those kind of views. You could end up in hot water with the gun laws in this country.........
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Trying to make a point ... I have no problem with splattering the brains of an animal all over the place and personally love turning gophers inside out however the child would not have been hurt if the population of dogs were controlled in the first place ...
Oh and why were the dogs running loose ? I have to have mine on a leash was it perhaps because it was on a reserve and they don't have to follow the same laws as every one else ?
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biggerstretch said:
I never said they should ban dogs , just ban the ignorat " people " from having them...

Things may have gotten so far out of hand that you have to cull the dogs however unless you fix the people the problem will just come back ...
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At least we agree on that - you need to do BOTH: deal with the extant problem, and work to prevent a future problem.

I agree that it's disgusting to clean up after a group of people who take no responsibility for their actions in the first place... but what's done is done and the immediate solution is to cull the pack. After that comes the re-education/enforcement of better animal husbandry/domestication practices.

-M
 
IN Manitoba only Provincial constables such as police and NRO's can cull feral dogs. I don't think a justified civillian shooting of a dangerous dog would be challenged.
 
Gents - please refer to the original post. He is asking about stray dogs. Nobody "culls" stray dogs and if they do I don't support that as this is the responsibility of the Peace Officers. If he is refering to feral dogs - then all bets are off.
 
The Indian reserve near where I live do it every year or 2. There are often lots of strays/ferals/whatever you want to call it on reserves, and they need to get thinned out from time to time. In a perfect world, everyone would spay or neuter their dog, but it's not illegal to NOT do so, so there really isn't any way to force people to do so.
 
I wouldn't want part in this, I am not ashamed to say I love dogs and cats. I would only shoot a feral dog if attacked or if he was hanging around my property, but I would never go after them for sport.
 
i wouldnt have a problem doing it, almost had to when a pack of them killed my sisters brand new colt she had payed thousands for and they also killed a neighbours horse.... the farmers were letting their dogs run wild and refusing to do anything about them, the dogs would all meet up and harass the local livestock.... thankfully the farmers took care of it after the police were involved and the treat of shooting the dogs was made
 
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