They first shot the brown people, and now it’s the dogs. SICKOS

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And there are police who are willing to do this? What wouldn’t they do if instructed?

Step 1: Stray dogs
Step 2: Stray people

It’s all of a piece isn’t it?

The worst of the “stray dogs” in Harrisburg are to be found in the legislature, gov’s office, and the halls of the judiciary! As constituted, the only way to reform Pa. government is via the guillotine!

Owners of the pets should have their pets sterilized. If they can’t afford that, they can’t afford a pet. This would be the humane way of dealing with the problem.

I went on a business trip to Harrisburg, PA in the late 1990’s. It had to be one of the most tight-assed, conservative and regressive American towns I’ve ever visited. It “smelled” of NAM (National Association of Manufacturers), a place where the Chamber of Commerce was King.

Given my impressions back then, and my general low opinion of PA, this story doesn’t surprise me in the least. I felt no “compassion” at Harrisburg (even for people) then, why should any other beings matter?

I went to Salon, and read the whole article, including some of the comments. One of the comments referenced PETA’s preference for just turning domestic animals lose - whether pets, or farm animals, in the name of ‘animal rights’

IMO, this is one of the dumbest and weirdest uses of the concept of ‘rights’, whether Human or Animal. Any specie abandoned to exist or not, simply by chance presents an extreme danger to society - whether from disease or violence.

This reminds me of the right-wing-nuts who advocate no birth control or abortion, and then deny economic, medical, or educational support to the poor.

Stupid hardly describes it.

Then there is the increasing dehumanizing effect on society when we simply accept random violence within our civilization as if there is no effect. It took centuries to end public executions, bull baiting, and slavery, beggars, homelessness, and the rest of man’s inhumanity to man, and now we simply advocate it because it is ‘cheap’.

There are effective means of solving many of these problems, starting with increasing taxes to support the public good rather than wasting our wealth on wars, and weaponry, and useless toys to amuse the lazy and ignorant.

As for feral animals, spay neuter programs work, but are slow and expensive, especially with cats, who come into heat every 3 weeks until a pregnancy is achieved [Unlike dogs, who have only 2 heat cycles a year]. I lived on an island with a big feral cat problem. it was solved by trapping the wild cats, and giving the males vasectomies. Kind of like the insect programs that breed sterile males, having the fixed males continue breeding cuts the number of litters much faster than simply eliminating one male cat’s sex drive.

That’s why it is preferred by humans to castration, when you think about it - it’s much more effective and fun, for the victim!