Back when I was a kid, local farmers told us to do the same. One actually made it part of the deal for hunting on his property. There were a couple of packs of up to a dozen or so dogs that would pester the larger farm animals and kill the smaller ones. When they talk about pack mentality they mean it. They are dangerous. Dog packs in towns sure don't sound like a good thing.

Perhaps they should let PETA go in and round them up, try to rehab them, then quietly exterminate them when they realize that they can't, and dispose of the carcasses. All at PETA's expense, of course. Seems a better place to funnel their funds then at non-vegans and sportsmen.

Just two weeks ago my dad was getting out of his pop-up blind, when a group of three wild dogs begin a headlong charge straight at him. My dad's not the best shot in the world, but he damn sure made a goot shot this time and killed the lead dog as it was about twenty yards from him. The other two ran off before he could shoot again.

This certainly wasn't our first experience with wild dogs however. This past spring after hunting turkey all day, we (my dad, a buddy, and me) returned to our camp which overlooks a small two acre pond. As we sat on the front deck we heard a monsterous splash followed seconds later by another. Then, from the direction of the dam a buck that had just begun growing his antlers came swimming followed closely by some kind of grey mutt. All of a sudden the deer began struggling to get out of the water and then disappeared under the water. I ran and grabbed my shotgun and threw in a 00 buckshot and ran like heck towards the pond. The dog was about fifty yards away, and getting out of the pond. I put the bead on his shoulder and pulled the trigger. It rolled him, and then he got up took a couple of staggering steps and fell over.

We called the local game warden to make sure we were alright to dump the two animals off where we usually put our gut piles. He said it was fine, and that we did the right thing by killing the dog.

BTW, the buck was a beauty. The bases he had started to grow were the size of a glass Coke bottle. The deer was in great shape, and it was astounding to think a damned mutt could get the best of such a large healthy deer.

I proudly attest to the fact that I will shoot any ferrel dog on the spot. They are worse than wild hogs and destroy the natural balance in the habitat. The place I hunt has it so bad most mornings will hear not even a bird, but packs of wild dogs baying up another doe. My friends horses have been attacked repeatedly, and they've taken many chicken and a goat. I hope they will all be destroyed with the help of government support.

Packs ... large gatherings of humans .. collective IQ bottoms out ... Democrats. Dr Ralph, I appreciate your logic and sense of humor, even when you're serious.

Wild dog packs = vicious & dangerous!

That's the unfortunate part of removing feral dogs and cats from the environment. The average person only sees Fido and Garfield and do not understand the problems associated with feral pets. The animal rights groups such as Feline Hope, HSUS, and PETA play on the feelings of the uninformed.