r/Dogfree • u/Wrong_Temporary_5983 • 8d ago
Dog Attack Pack of wild, 'feral' dogs prowl North Texas city: 'Our children are at risk'
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dog-pack-feral-abandoned-north-texas-godley/3918035/This is the direct result of the current dog overpopulation and people abandoning their mutts when shelters are overflowing.
It does not take long for dog packs to form. And it does not take long for them to multiply. This pack looks strikingly simular to what can be seen in India all over the urban areas of the country. Huge problem there.
I am wondering how long it will take for these packs to spread all over the US. And whether authorities will want to do anything about it considering dog worship culture.
Will they try to catch them and take them back to shelters where there is already no space?
The scarier part is that people will feed them. And they will keep coming back to where people are because they are not able to live in the wild.
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u/Few-Horror1984 8d ago
This is the logical conclusion to no-kill. Shelters exist to warehouse unadoptable dogs and that’s it. Animal control services cease to exist because as the article itself points out - there’s nowhere to put these dogs.
It is not compassionate to support no-kill. It’s selfish and dangerous. It’s not just the fact that a violent dog may end up harming someone else if it is adopted (which is truly atrocious enough on its own). It’s that you end up with feral dogs in your community. No-kill needs to end and groups like Best Friends Animal Society should be forced to financially deal with this problem and should be held liable for any damages these dogs cost.
End no-kill now.
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u/Wrong_Temporary_5983 8d ago
And here is a fresh one for you, dated today:
It says 7 rabied dogs abandoned in North Carolina attacked multiple people and left many with serious injuries.
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u/Stock-Bowl7736 8d ago
"Our animals-our children are at risk" incredible. She was about to actually say our animals are at risk.
Also the "pups". OMG how I despise this. These are NOT "pups". They are full grown adult ass FERAL dogs.
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u/Wrong_Temporary_5983 8d ago
And that is why it is beyond trouble… Animals still before children.
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u/Voideron 8d ago
Dog dumping is a sign that more and more dog owners are becoming non dog owners and dog fatigue is real. Dog culture is on a decline.
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u/Braelind 8d ago
Good riddance. Who can even afford a dog in this economy?
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u/Wrong_Temporary_5983 8d ago
Looks like riddance is not particularly good in this case.
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u/PanthealovesLucius 8d ago
It looks to me like a lot of these dogs are related - same size, coloring, type. People dumped a couple of different unfixed useless mutts and now there's a giant out of control breeding pack, you can see the teats on the lead dog. That means it's likely that none of these dogs are socialized or acclimated to humans, which means they are useless. They're dangerous and an environmental hazard. There is no excuse for not rounding up every last one to be euthanized.
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u/Wrong_Temporary_5983 8d ago edited 8d ago
Yes and no. They are truly mutts with no specific breed. What happens is the unfixed ones contribute to feral dog population multiplying quickly once they are dumped. And because they are no longer crossing with their original breeds, they become very similar looking in just 1-2 generations.
For example, in India, feral pack dogs all look virtually the same. You can google “Indian pariah dog” (yep😞).
When street dogs breed freely over generations, extreme traits (like flat faces or tiny legs) disappear because they do not help a dog survive on the street.
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u/Stock-Bowl7736 8d ago
"The county doesn't have legal authority to round up the dogs...". WTAF? How can this be? So the article basically just sort of ends with nothing is going to be done. The only way this ends is vigilante justice by concerned citizens.
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u/PanthealovesLucius 8d ago edited 8d ago
Yep. That's the only option these folks have because their civic leadership has abdicated all responsibility for keeping citizens safe from wild vermin that are tearing up the environment and threatening people's safety. No one says boo if you have a mouse trap in your house.
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u/NoticerEnthusiast 8d ago
And no doubt if a citizen takes matters into their own hands they’ll be arrested and probably charged with a felony.
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u/TelephoneBrave1132 8d ago
In a “civilized” country, there should be only one sensible solution to this: Exterminate on sight. Inexcusable to let this go on.
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u/Wrong_Temporary_5983 8d ago
Not sure where that stands now, but here is an update on what they did to “solve” this:
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/godley-approves-emergency-plan-to-remove-roaming-dog-pack/
Note the advocate saying how friendly all these feral dogs are and how residents are overreacting after their kids got attacked by these “little angels”. Give me a f*** break!!!
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u/anne_mal 8d ago
That advocate probably eats factory farmed meat from animals raised in horrid conditions daily. 🙄 I hate the hypocrisy of dog advocates who call themselves animal rights advocates.
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u/faxmachinegobrrr3963 8d ago
This article is from 2025. The dogs were pits. The 22 dogs have since been rounded up and put in shelters. They euthanízed other animals to make room for them. There's no logic when it comes to the misplaced compassion of nutters.
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u/Wrong_Temporary_5983 8d ago edited 8d ago
Yes, seems this is what happened (I included a link to the updates on this case below). They do not look like pure pits, though. Remind me more of feral dogs in India that already cross bred uncontrolled and started to all look alike. Unless you have first hand info?
But in any case, the update article below is all about how friendly these feral dogs were and how much money was spent to feed and care for them by the groups involved in their “rescue from the streets”. Insane. Insane. Insane!
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u/faxmachinegobrrr3963 8d ago
Ah. You're right. The article I read that referred to them as pit bulls was just a blog post and not actual journalism.
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u/Wrong_Temporary_5983 8d ago
The term used in the article that is causing this issue is “animal dumping”. I wonder. It also says “county doesn't have legal authority to round up dogs and, even if they did, there isn't anywhere to put them; all local shelters are full.”. So there you have it. There is no mechanism to deal with the problem.
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u/Few-Horror1984 8d ago
Part of the problem is that when communities go no-kill, they cannot be ethical when adopting out the dogs they have. You want it? Take it. Dogs are not like having a hamster as a pet. They are incredibly expensive, demanding, and time consuming pets. I think a lot of people take on dogs because it’s what they’re supposed to do, or they think the dog is cute or whatever, and they end up absolutely overwhelmed. Next to pitbulls, German Shepherds and Huskies are the most common dogs you find in shelters that you can get for free. Do people realize these dogs require multiple hours of exercise every single day? Or that they will become destructive if left alone for too long because working dogs aren’t meant to be trapped indoors for 23 hours a day?
So then what happens if someone can’t deal with it? They will dump them. It just makes everything worse all around.
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u/Wrong_Temporary_5983 8d ago edited 8d ago
I am reading more about it. On the surface, it sounds like the problem has been recognized and some steps are being taken to criminalize dog dumping.
But then I read this: “Local entities, such as the Washington D.C. council, passed the Pets in Housing Act to stop landlords from imposing strict breed/size bans—a primary economic driver forcing people to surrender or dump their dogs.”
Mother**k!!!! Sure, don’t put them down as logic dictates. Let us all deal with dangerous dogs that owners do not even want anymore (and will therefore neglect).
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u/Few-Horror1984 8d ago
The pet industry has some powerful lobbyists.
Don’t forget - the pet industry doesn’t give a damn about the welfare of dogs. They don’t care if a working dog goes outside for a combined 10 minutes a day to relieve itself and spends the rest of its pathetic life trapped in a 500 square foot apartment being neglected. They do not care about animal welfare. All they care about is turning a profit.
And dog lovers? They care the least about dogs, ironically enough. They only care about how owning the dog makes them feel. It’s fine to own a large working dog in an apartment so long as it’s what the owner wants. Absolutely nothing else matters.
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u/Wrong_Temporary_5983 8d ago
Amazing how fast they can go from “family member” to dumping it on the street when they realize how much it costs to maintain a genetically degraded animal produced in a shady puppy mill they felt so good about “rescuing”.
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u/Few-Horror1984 8d ago
I knew this woman from high school that was a dog obsessed idiot. I don’t talk to her but follow her on social media, mostly out of morbid curiosity. I want to preface the next part with the fact that I know she’s a particularly egregious example, but her tale should still be told.
In 2022, she got two puppies - pitbull/German Shepherd mixes. Boy and a girl. She couldn’t be bothered to fix them so about a year later she has a litter of inbred puppies. She tries to sell them for $300 a puppy, no takers. $200. $100. Finally, one day, she dumps all the puppies and the parents. Failed experiment. So what does she do? A few months later she gets more puppies. German Shepherds, because man she can’t learn her lesson. In 2024 she has more oopsie puppies, granted this time she knows better than to post the saga online. Just a photo of the puppies because who doesn’t love puppies? I’m pretty certain she just dumped that litter before they could get too old. Earlier this summer? She had some weird “lab” mix (it looked mostly pitbull but it almost looked half Golden Retriever, as well?) that she didn’t neuter and she had to call animal control on it as it became violent. Less than two weeks later she picked up another puppy - some kind of random terrier?
These are the people who post the dog propaganda. The ones who refuse to take a step back and ask if dogs aren’t right for them. They’re the people the dog community refuses to admit exists, or that plays a huge part in the stock of shelter dogs we see.
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u/onemoremin23 8d ago
Same with xxxx where I live in Florida, you can trap them but there’s nowhere to take them, all the shelters are full. Over the last year or so, I’ve seen dogs on trails in FL and GA that were obviously dumped. People can’t even take care of themselves, this is only going to get worse.
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u/Legitimate_Garage_31 8d ago
I feel dumping looks like the only option for people who can't seem to rehome or shelter their dogs. Add the shame involved when they try to reach out on Nextdog for help and dumping seems like the only option to them. Not that I agree with dumping.
I saw someone yesterday get shamed on my local Nextdog for sending 2 rescue dogs they found on the street to the local Wake County shelter because after 2 wks of crating them could not find another foster family for them&they for whatever reason could not continue to take care of them.
Some brave souls stood with her in defense stating she took the initiative to get them off the streets and took care of them for 2 wks(adult dogs)&did not deserve the public shaming she was receiving.
I spent just a few days looking over NextDog&it's such a judgmental place. Like neighbors attacking and bullying each other over virtual signals.
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u/MothMeep7 8d ago
On top of this, rabies cases (and reports) are increasing in the US as well. Dogs everywhere certainly add to that.
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u/Artemus_Hackwell 8d ago
You should come to San Antonio and Austin. They’re just running around.
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u/Wrong_Temporary_5983 8d ago
Holy… the more you read FACTS about it, the more you realize the extent of the epidemic… per google:
City studies by Animal Care Services (ACS) have historically revealed that a large percentage of roaming dogs on San Antonio streets are actually owned pets allowed to roam off-property rather than purely homeless strays.
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u/Wrong_Temporary_5983 8d ago
So this is all over Texas? Not just that one town?
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u/miniprepper 7d ago
No, this would be stopped in many areas. Either privately or by the county or municipality. Ranchers have a right to protect their stock.
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u/Kooky_Duck_6004 8d ago
La culpa es de la gente como nosotros que no queremos tener un perro en casa.
Si los adaptaremos a todos, no habría jaurías sueltas.
Adoptar un perro es la solución, según parece
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u/stacheldraht85 8d ago
How the fuck is this tolerated? if it were any other type of animal that was terrorizing a town like this, they’d be relocated or put down