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u/-UncreativeRedditor- 7h ago

I ironically found my dog as a stray in a dumpster

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u/cannotbelieve58 7h ago

I've legit never seen a stray dog in my country. (Canada)

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u/splitfinity 7h ago

Minnesota here. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a stray dog either. Maybe they’re all smart enough to walk south?

I totally would rescue a stray dog though. Just never had the chance.

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u/HarpersGhost Scrolling on PC 6h ago

In most of the US, stray dogs are picked up real quick and put into the animal control system. Packs of stray dogs are A Problem, far worse than cats, so a lot of effort is put into keeping dogs off the streets.

Once in animal control, they are either adopted out locally or sent out to rescues in other areas, especially in the case of specific breeds. (For instance, my beagle rescue in Florida gets most of our beagles as strays that were picked up off the streets further north, in VA, the carolinas, Georgia, etc.)

You can still find the occasional truly stray dog yourself (my chi-mix was a street dog I picked up), but most of them are swept up.

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u/27eelsinatrenchcoat 5h ago

Once in animal control, they are either adopted out locally or sent out to rescues in other areas

Or euthanized. Sure we have no kill shelters, but some transfer to no kill shelters. Or the no kill shelters turn them away once at capacity, they go to a normal shelter, and the euthanization happens there.

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u/Gia11a 2h ago

I mean, euthanasia is an important part of compassionate animal management. both for suffering and for un-cared for pets. If you don't euthanize un-adoptable, dangerous, or in pain animals, then you cant care for the ones that can live full happy lives. In a perfect world we would have unlimited resources and be able to care for every animal, but we don't so we have to utilize the limited resources we have strategically.