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| Open Season on Stray Pooches |
| 2005-07-14 |
| A northern Canadian village that has been overrun by stray dogs has offered a C$50 ($41) bounty on each one in an effort to cure the problem. I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing. But residents are now having to keep an extra close watch on the family pooch after some attempts to steal pets for the cash reward, a village official said on Wednesday. Anyone surprised by THIS development, raise your hand, eh? Officials in Rae-Edzo, twin communities of about 2,300 people in the Northwest Territories, are trying stop a scourge of dog attacks on children and the elderly by giving residents cash incentives to bring the stays in alive, Cecile Desjardins, the town's acting senior administrator, said. But it's had unintended consequences. "We had one incident -- we have dog kennels just out of town here, and a kid went over there and untied three of the owner's dogs and dragged them over to the garage where we have the dog pound and tried to cash in," Desjardins said. "The owner went to feed his dogs and realized three of them were missing. They got them in time." Another youth untied a dog from the front porch of a house and was about to take it to the pound when the owner ran out yelling and managed to retrieve the pet, she said. Officials estimate there are more than 50 stray dogs in as many as seven packs. They have bitten dozens of residents, most of whom have required a rabies shots. Many residents are frightened to walk around town, Desjardins said. The bounty was recently raised from C$30 for each stray brought in, after town workers found the canines were often too cagey to catch. "The funny thing is, those darn dogs, they know the company vehicles, and when they see them they run the other way. So that's why the community people have been hauling the dogs in as they see them," she said. Those darn dogs are too smart for us, eh? One even pissed on my leg and called me a hoser. Thirteen dogs were euthanized in June. NHL officials could not be reached for comment. |
| Posted by:Chris W. |
| #4 Why dont they just get a bunch of guys together and go stray hunting -- it its not on a leash or in a house it gets shot. CF: Too logical for Canada... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-07-14 18:31 |
| #3 Let loose a few Siberian tigers. They will take care of the dog problem in no time. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-07-14 17:57 |
| #2 Why dont they just get a bunch of guys together and go stray hunting -- it its not on a leash or in a house it gets shot. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-07-14 17:54 |
| #1 Note that no one thought of the idea of simply shooting the feral dogs. No, they have to be brought in alive, even though none will be adopted and will all be euthanized anyway. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-07-14 16:11 |