Peoples ignorance and cruelty will be the ruin of society. If something inconveniences us or we dont understand it "by God go get a gun and kill it". If these dogs are attacking people I sure havent heard about it and I live 30 minutes from Ferris. There is a lady that goes out there twice a week and puts dog food down and they come a running for it and havent attacked her yet. She goes to my church and that is how I found out about this tragedy. I plan on helping her now. I wish I had the right to shoot every human that acted ferral.... now wouldnt that be alot of ammunition to go through.

Plus, the dogs are not dangerous! We have wild dogs roaming around streets in Turkey that have been born and raised on the streets, and they live peacefully with us. We give them leftovers and they eat it, and some people set out water, but otherwise we leave them alone and they leave us alone.
Some authorities collect them and give them rabies shots and then set them back out into the streets again, with a tag to ensure they have shots. (which is sad, but better than vaccinating them twice by accident). Same with the wild cats. They live with us and give our cities and towns life.

But this...this is horrible!

Well, finally, a real discussion arises on this subject.

BTW ~Emma, I do live in Paris, however I'm not French. And yes, I was born and raised on the same continent as you were.
You're probably now saying contemptuous windbags are not limited to France. Oh! dear, perhaps I'm a democrat then? LOL Sorry, couldn't resist a bit or irony.

That's it for me on this topic.

And as you wrote ~Emma, "Peace".

A classic!

if he found out he was drive down to texas and kick teeth

However, if you're looking for real killers, check out feral cats. Just a few of them can totally decimate the population of small mammals and birds. That in turn reduces the number of natural predators that depend on them for food.

Sorry...i submitted too soon.

~Peace

You know nothing about me, yet you're ignorant enough to generalize.

If you want to discuss Texas laws, bring it on. I happen to be quite knowledgeable in the subject.

Or perhaps we can make a deal...you refrain yourself from absorbing Hollywood's idea of my state and country and I'll not assume every Frenchman is an insolent, con

If you'd spend some time outside Texas, or even outside your country, you'd find out what others think of Texas and it's inhuman laws. BTW, I won't even to into the arrogance issue.

Oh! perhaps you'd like to talk about Texas gun shops?

Sorry Dear, but you asked for it.

>>johninparis-nothilton

Humm…

And once again, Texas gives North America a bad reputation.

(You city people make me shake my head.)

Anyway... I can see why a policy like this would be in place to get rid of the aggressive feral dogs, still don't like it, but I can understand why it's in place.
However, my jaded self can only think of how so many people probably abuse a policy like this... *shrugs*

and they prob shoot dogs in Alaska too.

Yeah... I think the title and description can be misleading... It sounds like a bigger problem than just "stray dogs". And they're not just shooting stray dogs... More like "stray, violent, and feral dogs".

We aren't talking about dog-shooting patrols that go out and look for animals to cap indiscriminately. The city tries to capture them as they always have. They have simply set a policy that *allows* police officers to shoot a wild dog if the animal proves aggressive and potentially dangerous.

You also have to realize that we aren't just talking about domesticated dogs that have been abandoned. We're talking about the generations of feral offspring that have also quite possibly mated with the wild coyotes in the area.

FWIW, my parents live in Ferris, so I know of what I speak.

And once again, Texas gives North America a bad reputation.