I am in agreement with trying to first find an alternate way of taking care of these dogs before shooting them. Not saying shooting them is out of the question though. Just a word of caution though. I can say this from experience. I am in Law Enforcement. Just because there are supposedly laws to protect people from certain things IE shooting a dog that doesnt mean you cant be sued. I have seen and been supoened into civil trials when the bad guy sued the good guy. This is even after the bad guy had been arrested for pretty serious stuff. I have seen juries award the bad guy tens of thousands of dollars. All I am saying is becareful in what you do. It stinks when you are in the right and end up paying in the end. You just never know what a jury will do.