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  • 19-03-2010 12:42am
    #1
    Green Gooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭


    I can come out with some crazy stuff now and again but recently I seen a shocking statistic for the amount of cats and dogs put down every year.

    Could they not be released to the wild? I would imagine they could be a threat to humans then but it turns my stomach to see that stats that thousands are put down.

    My friend had a good laugh at me when I suggested it to him after reading out the stat. What do you guys think?


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  • #2
    Jordan Berbatov
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Jordan Berbatov


    you should be released into the wild with them


  • #3
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    Green Gooner wrote: »
    I can come out with some crazy stuff now and again but recently I seen a shocking statistic for the amount of cats and dogs put down every year.

    Could they not be released to the wild? I would imagine they could be a threat to humans then but it turns my stomach to see that stats that thousands are put down.

    My friend had a good laugh at me when I suggested it to him after reading out the stat. What do you guys think?

    7th word.


  • #4
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    Releasing pet dogs and cats in the wild is doing no-one any favours. Least of all the poor animals.


  • #5
    pikachucheeks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,488 ✭✭✭pikachucheeks


    Aren't most of those cats and dogs put down because they're rescued from the wild in the first place - and can't be rehomed?


  • #6
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    Green Gooner wrote: »
    Could they not be released to the wild?

    No, they're domesticated. It would be like releasing a 10 year old into the wild.


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  • #7
    Green Gooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭Green Gooner


    Jordan Berbatov wrote: »
    you should be released into the wild with them
    :p

    Seriously though the figure was tens of thousands combined! That's a shocking stat. Neutering is the best solution but if they cant be re-homed and they are healthy its terrible to put them down.


  • #8
    Cianos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Cianos


    Actually, the best way to control the population of stray animals is to neuter them and release them back out in to the parks or streets. Cats and dogs are very territorial and that is the best method to control the population of a given area. Whether the animal is neutered or not won't affect how that animal protects their turf, but at the same time they will follow their instincts and fight off other cats or dogs who try move in on their territory.


  • #9
    Hank_Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    Yeah, release them into the wild.....then we could have packs of dogs roaming the streets attacking people like they have in Russia.

    http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Moscow-Crackdown-On-100000-Stray-Dogs-After-Savage-Attacks/Article/200807115023485


  • #10
    Green Gooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭Green Gooner


    Hank_Jones wrote: »
    Yeah, release them into the wild.....then we could have packs of dogs roaming the streets attacking people like they have in Russia.

    http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Moscow-Crackdown-On-100000-Stray-Dogs-After-Savage-Attacks/Article/200807115023485
    That is from 2004! SIX years ago but I take your pont.


  • #11
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    pikachucheeks wrote: »
    Aren't most of those cats and dogs put down because they're rescued from the wild in the first place - and can't be rehomed?

    Being a stray is not from the wild.

    OP, terrible Idea.

    The choice is put them down, with little or no pain...or release them into the wild where they can't survive, to be either hit by cars, or killed by something bigger.


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  • #12
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    Kinetic^ wrote: »
    7th word.
    Seeing as I is a letter.

    What does stuff have to do with this?:pac:

    Bonito: Taking the piss since 00:57


  • #13
    Green Gooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭Green Gooner


    minidazzler wrote: »
    Being a stray is not from the wild.

    OP, terrible Idea.

    The choice is put them down, with little or no pain...or release them into the wild where they can't survive, to be either hit by cars, or killed by something bigger.
    point taken.


  • #14
    Hank_Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    Green Gooner wrote: »
    That is from 2004! SIX years ago but I take your pont.

    It's actually from July 2008.


  • #15
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    Green Gooner wrote: »
    I can come out with some crazy stuff now and again but recently I seen a shocking statistic for the amount of cats and dogs put down every year.

    Could they not be released to the wild? I would imagine they could be a threat to humans then but it turns my stomach to see that stats that thousands are put down.

    My friend had a good laugh at me when I suggested it to him after reading out the stat. What do you guys think?

    Animal Welfare forum, OP.

    And btw, releasing them into the wild would just create more animals with no homes.


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