Stray and Feral Dogs

I was out on a walk the other day (currently nodoggo) and saw what looked like a young lab mix out on the sidewalk, wearing a collar. Looked pretty agitated, kept walking back and forth across the street (thanfully carless sidestreet).
I whistled and clucked a few times and she took a few steps over, then went back to pacing.
Managed to get close without spooking her, checked the collar. Turned out the address was she was pacing in front of. Knocked on the door to let an old, but surprisingly spry, old lady know that her dog had gotten out. She thanked me and complained about this one bein a real escape artist, then brought the dog inside.

I have a fear of dogs. I'm always afraid of dogs barking at me when taking a small walk in my neighbourhood. But what if stray/feral dogs haven't eaten in a while and attacks you because it's hungry? It's like the one the biggest fear I have from dogs, getting mauled and eating by them.

>>2196668

There were feral dogs on the outskirts of our resort in Fiji and literally hundreds of feral cats. Nobody has guns there so nobody shoots them unfortunately.

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>>2196668
Some dogs are adapted to stray life (pariahs), some are abandoned. In my country there are lots of dogs with owners that can pass as strays. Basically their "owners" just feeed them and bring them home at night. The rest of the day they are wandering on the streets.

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>>2197582

>>2197582
They just eat garbage like other homeless dogs and bite millions of people a year, as well spread rabies to thousands of people.

>>2197344
Feral dogs won't eat or attack people unless they're already dead, and truly starving wild animals are normally less dangerous than their well nourished counterparts

>>2197582
Why are Mexicans such shitty owners?

>>2197655
White people do that with cats all the time and no one calls them shitty owners (even though they are).

>>2197657
They certainly do call it out, it's just a tiny minority of crazy cat ladies society rightly doesn't give a shit about. So get fucked, you victim-complex 2-bit racist.