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How is such a miracle achieved? Dogs never escape or are abandoned in the countryside?
by bagels 3y ago
How is such a miracle achieved? Dogs never escape or are abandoned in the countryside?
- tobylane 3y agoThey are abandoned, judging by the “a dog is not just for Christmas” ads. I think it’s the well funded charities like Battersea Cats and Dogs Home, who can collect them, and a reasonably strong culture for looking for a dog at these shelters before a breeder.
- Normal_gaussian 3y agoAnother effective method is high rates of neutering for pets. There are geographically segregated areas in the UK that can somewhat confidently say they have no strays. It can take a while to catch a stray, plenty long enough for them to successfully breed, which just multiplies the problem!
- LatteLazy 3y agoPeople neuter/spay pets People will NOT feed strays People will adopt strays Local councils (municipalities) collect them and there are a lot of shelters (there is zero rabies here which helps a lot as strays are not inherently dangerous)
- foldr 3y agoThere’s no rabies in any animal that’s likely to run up and bite you. A variant of rabies is still present in bats in the UK.
- vintermann 3y agoSuch dogs almost always die. I think the frequency of strays may be related to how easy it is for a former pet to survive, and it's presumably harder in colder countries.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoIt's not a miracle. It's just that they are pretty much immediately reported and captured by the likes of the RSCPA or local councils.