Originally posted by: Number1
How would we handle this problem in america?
Prevention.
"Have your pet spayed or neutered."
We do have plenty of feral animals in this country, but not on the level that it seems China has to deal with.
China implemented a prevention policy with respect to human population, otherwise they'd have a very serious crisis on their hands with deplorable living conditions for the entire country, with a higher population than they have now.
The dog population got out of hand, and now thanks to rabies, it's posing a health threat to pets and humans, and must be dealt with. My guess is that they don't have the economic means to "properly" euthanize all of the animals. Shooting them would mean lots of gunfire in the streets around civilians, and there would be the possibility of ricochets. Capturing potentially violent dogs presents a danger to the police or animal control people, and of course the risk of contracting rabies from an infected animal. They're just doing the best that they can do right now.
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