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Originally Posted by flameswin
I agree that any harm to animals sucks, and it always gets to me too. I just try to keep perspective on these types of things, and to me this is an example of the victim being one of the most popular animals in western society and therefore the outrage is much greater compared to what it would be if it were any other animal.
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We also tend to have control over our dog population. In some countries, there are serious feral dog problems. They kill livestock and even attack people and pets. What we see as pups from a companion animal could easily be seen as unwanted pests to others depending on the circumstance.