Re: [CH] Feral Dogs
Andy B (quark@erols.com)
Sun, 24 Jan 1999 03:25:17 -0500
Another non-leathal approach to a similar problem.
My neighbor's dog (in subburbia) wasn't feral -- just set loose whenever it needed
out. It (male) decided to relieve itself every day on my new, expensive ornamental
shrubbery. (Replace "shrubbery" with "carefully-raised hab plants" and you may
understand my concern.)
This approach only works in dry weather. I ran a very fine, almost invisable, wire
through the shrubbery, being careful that it didn't get grounded. Inside, I rigged
an auto spark-coil to run continuously when turned on, as if it were running in the
auto, grounded the case, and attached the fine wire. (The driver for an electric
cattle fence should also work well.)
They say punishment should fit the crime. After one experience, the dog never came
back. (Bodily fluids conduct electricity.) I would rather have applied the
solution to its owner.
Andy
Buffalo Sue wrote:
> I agree. And if you do trap them, be sure to release them
> FAR away - several miles - or they will find their way back
> to your garden.
>
> And if you really must kill them, use an instant kill method,
> not something that is slow and painful.
>
> AutumnRhea@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Why not just trap the little pests...take them down the road to a park and let
> > them go on their merry way!! Sounds so cruel giving any animal poison!!!!!
> > letting them die a slow and painful death.
> >
> --
>
> Buffalo Sue
>
> "Mild is a four-letter word..."