Maybe CRUEL is too nice of a way to put it. So many dogs get dumped on our road. I mean SOOOOO many. I'm not going to wax poetic about this. Here is what I have learned this year:
So...what happens to a pet who is dumped on an idylic country road?
1) That dog gets hit by a truck/car/farm vehicle. Or manages its way back to a main road and gets hit by several. If you think it would be a clean hit you would be wrong 85% of the time. No, the dog would be injured, limp off and suffer or lay there to be hit some more until it eventally dies.
2) It gets curious and investigates livestock. Livestock defends itself and a)injures pet b)sounds an alarm and farmer shoots stray/ livestock guardian does its job or c)tramples pet to death.
3) pet starves to death, slowly and desperately.
4) pet gets attacked by wild animals and is injured or dies or dies slowly from injuries
5) Someone picks up the pet and takes it to ARL. So this begs the question, why not skip the above and just take your unwanted pet right to the ARL?
6) It can happen that the pet gets taken in and becomes a good farm pet. Not likely. If its behaviours made it unwanted, those are usually still problematic.
Moral of the story. Stop dumping your pets in the country. You are dooming them, not giving them a chance at doggie/kitty paradise. It makes me sick to my stomach knowing how many of my own pets were "taken to the country to live on a farm" instead of taken to the ARL and given half a chance at finding a new home. The reality of what happens to a country dumped animal makes euthanization seem like a merciful and peaceful ending. The cruelty of a farm dump is beyond true description.
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So VERY sad how many dogs are wanted and loved. But not diciplined and taught manners. Then, they are dumped somewhere with no food or means to protect themselves.
ReplyDeleteI agree!!! Take them to the ARL!!!
Couldn't agree more, though one thought did make me smile. Given what I've observed about your readership, I think you might be preaching to the choir on this subject. Guess this is where the choir stands up and says "Amen!"
ReplyDeleteAmen
ReplyDeleteMy heart breaks at the thought of one of our critters meeting the ends that we see on the sides of so many roads and fields :<
Pamela
That is very sad and yet very true. Proud to say we’ve never done that, but maybe that is because I grew up on the farm and know the responsibility of taking care of an animal/pet for its life.
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