BBHunter,

Good post. We are also up to our eyeballs in Texas with feral dogs and cats. These are NOT to be confused with dogs that belong to someone. They are just that - feral, and we shoot them, dogs and cats, with no hesitation or regrets. They do a lot of damage to the wild native animals. And the feral dogs are not just in the woods - they are plentiful in Houston, too. They form packs just like wolves. I have never been attacked by feral dogs in the woods, but I have been charged more than a few times in the city by unowned rottweilers bigger than me, and had to draw my concealed handgun and kill or be killed. In fact, these are the only times I have come close to being killed or maimed by an animal. I do a lot of work in a "low income neighborhood," and it's almost like the wild west in some ways. Sometimes those big boys will come boiling out from under a house and come for you in earnest. Anyway, yes, feral dogs and cats, kill them on sight. They are bad juju. Please note that I am not talking about someone's pets or hunting hounds - just wild, unowned, feral animals.