The Killing Of Wild Dogs?

[Guest donatella]

Now please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm very much a city girl and know nothing of bush practices however a photo popped up in my Facebook news feed uploaded by a guy a went to school with, it was obviously one of his kills. Is this normal practice for killing wild dogs? I'm disturbed but again I'm a city girl so unaware of bush practices.

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[korbin13]

Yes it is very common to kill wild dogs and cats. The government here in WA baits with 1080 and also employs professional dog shooters.

[KatrinaM]

The dog wasn't killed like that, it was shot and then hung up. It is common practice to hang the cadavers up in trees or on fences but usually by the back leg.

[korbin13]

The dog wasn't killed like that, it was shot and then hung up. It is common practice to hang the cadavers up in trees or on fences but usually by the back leg.

The person who shot that dog is obviously not a professional but having said that, as dog meat is not used for any purpose it doesn't really matter how it is hung, the dogger here just throws them in the back of the ute. Station owners just want to see a body count.

[KatrinaM]

It only matters if your scalping them, I haven't tried it before but I reckon it would be a little tougher if they were hanging head up!

[dogbesotted]

actually i find these photos offensive and upsetting. While as a sheep and goat person i understand the need to control the wild dog population i feel these kinds of pictures celebrate killing... i wrote to our local paper over the same kind of photos splashed over their front page..

Helen

[Alyosha]

It used to be the norm with Wedgetails, lines of them strung up along fences...

Edited March 1, 2012 by Alyosha

[pebbles]

Don't know about wild dogs but some farmers swore that if you hung fox bodies along the fence then other foxes would steer clear of the area.

[Emily3875]

Very common out here. And just as common to hang them on the fence. One reason being that the farmers out where I live are an easy hours drive from town, so instead of wasting time digging a mass grave or burning them, they just hang them. It also shows other farmers that the dog has been caught, and then they don't have to waste time hunting it themselves. Though it is disturbing for this person to go to the effort of impaling this dog on a post.... Bit sick really...