The reason I got my first gun was because pet dogs were packing up and killing our cows. But, even when dogs just run cows they are killing the rancher. And, even if they are just running game, they kill the game.

In my county dogs are supposed to be on a leash or under the owners control. Hounds are legal for hunting bear, and the use of a single dog to hunt deer is also. I won't shot single dogs, wearing collars, in the woods during hunting season.

But, uncontrolled feral dogs, and loose dogs during the rest of the year are unacceptable.

Once, far from home, I was deer hunting. Three of the most starved looking dogs I ever saw came up to my truck growling while I cooked my breakfast. I did them all a favor.

Predators seem to have gotten some kind of sacred cow status here in the USA. We might want to contemplate on the problems associated with that feeling a little more.