Violence
My home is in a very rural area in the US with no spay/neuter laws or animal control. It is also down a road that is the local traditional dumping ground for unwanted animals. We have our dogs, cats, and poultry here in a fenced area. Generally, strays can be chased off by shooting roman candles in their general direction. However, some are persistant. I’m looking for a workable alternative to feeding stubburn strays a cheeseburger before shooting the stray in the back of the head.
I cannot start fostering dogs for the same reason I cannot buy legos. It would get out of control. Also, I’d rather not burdon someone else with taking these dogs away to cage them for a few weeks before killing them.
This sucks.
Is there a humane society or other shelter near you? If you let them know the situation they might be able to help you out and take them in to be adopted. If not you could solicit social media for people to foster or adopt abandoned animals. Aside from that, I guess you could put up a fence to keep them away but that’s probably about it, short of using them as target practice.
We live in pretty much the same situation as op, the only shelters near us charge $75 to drop off a pet unless you live in the city.
Last time we did it we lied about our address and name the guy obviously didn’t believe us but took the dog.
Target shooting is important. Poking paper keeps my booger hook smooth. That’s just so that I can be responsible when needed. Every fall my deer don’t need tracked. Clean shot or no shot.