07-29-2017, 02:29 AM
When I lived in Alaska some of the villages would have "dog killing day", well-publicized in advance. People would have to secure their animals on their property because any dog found roaming at large was shot and killed. At the time I thought it was inhumane and cruel, but looking back, they didn't want to pollute the wild wolves with feral dog DNA, they didn't want feral dogs getting rabies and spreading it to people, and they didn't want any of the other associated problems. It was careless people who caused the feral dog problem and law enforcement solved it the only way they knew how.