Results: Pet Rescue
If you found a stray dog or cat,how would you handle the situation?
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Would you attempt to trap and bring it in to the evts to have them scan for a microchip? I would contact a rescue group to borrow a humane trap .
34%
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417 votes
I would just bypass the animal, its not my issue to resolve.
25%
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301 votes
I would post online to a rescue group to see if someone could trap and bring into a local rescue
30%
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366 votes
Other (please specify)
12%
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142 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 3.92% | 48 | |
| N/A | 0.41% | 5 |
| none | 0.33% | 4 |
| NA | 0.24% | 3 |
| depends on the situation | 0.16% | 2 |
| not sure | 0.16% | 2 |
| no | 0.16% | 2 |
| yes | 0.16% | 2 |
| It depends on the situation. | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would see if it would come to me, if not, I would post online so that owner could find their pet. | 0.08% | 1 |
| use neighborhood social media page | 0.08% | 1 |
| bring it home, make sure it's fed and post online about a lost pet | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would just feed it | 0.08% | 1 |
| Eat it sell it to a Chinese restaurant | 0.08% | 1 |
| I have humane traps, I would trap and take to vet | 0.08% | 1 |
| Depends on animal, situation, place.. ect | 0.08% | 1 |
| Pick it up and walk around the neighborhood to find the owner. | 0.08% | 1 |
| scan for microchip | 0.08% | 1 |
| Call the local animal institute that saves animals | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would catch it and take it to work and scan it. | 0.08% | 1 |
| save it and contact groups for support. | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would call the local animal control and let them handle it. | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would first check for a number on the collar. If there is none I would take a picture of the animal and post it on nextdoor | 0.08% | 1 |
| call animal authorities | 0.08% | 1 |
| Call Animal Rescue and let them deal with it | 0.08% | 1 |
| i might just take it home | 0.08% | 1 |
| If I could catch the animal I would go online and find out if somebody was missing a pet, if not then I'd take it to the resuce | 0.08% | 1 |
| not enough information | 0.08% | 1 |
| I'm not sure | 0.08% | 1 |
| I have caught several stray dogs on my own and either found the owner or gotten them to a rescue organization | 0.08% | 1 |
| If nobody owned or cared for it, I would find it a good home (I have in the past). | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would notify animal control and rescue groups in the area, but I would also let them know that I am keeping my eye on the rescue as well, that way they hopefully will have less chance of falling trough the cracks. | 0.08% | 1 |
| If the animal were friendly, bring it to a vet to see if it had a microchip | 0.08% | 1 |
| Try to catch it on my own | 0.08% | 1 |
| Call the humane society to come get the animal. | 0.08% | 1 |
| try to find the owner, if none, I would keep | 0.08% | 1 |
| I have my own trap and have helped many cats to get neutered. | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would make sure a rescue group scans it for an owner chip. | 0.08% | 1 |
| would take home and then post | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would see if I could find the owner | 0.08% | 1 |
| Of no owner name/address on the color, take to a vet to look for microchip | 0.08% | 1 |
| did this; adopted him; died at 17 | 0.08% | 1 |
| depends on the animal | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would try to capture it myself and take to a vet to be scanned for a microchip. | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would take it to see if it was chipped. | 0.08% | 1 |
| My wife would take it to the Humane Society! | 0.08% | 1 |
| No microchip | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would trap it myself and post looking for the owner | 0.08% | 1 |
| I'd call the appropriate agency for help. | 0.08% | 1 |
| Just feed it and buy a cat house | 0.08% | 1 |
| post on facebook | 0.08% | 1 |
| I WOULD TRY BY HAND AND THEN CALL tORONTO aNIMAL SERVICES | 0.08% | 1 |
| Just call the SPCA | 0.08% | 1 |
| If I thought it was worth it, I'd see if I couldn't entice the dog indoors and then see if the owner could be found | 0.08% | 1 |
| would keep it till some one came for it | 0.08% | 1 |
| it depends on the situation and the animal | 0.08% | 1 |
| Take it to the police station! | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would take it to the vet to check for a microchip | 0.08% | 1 |
| Eat it | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would try to grab it myself and call animal control to come get it | 0.08% | 1 |
| keep the dog or cat for myself | 0.08% | 1 |
| looked after it | 0.08% | 1 |
| ot would depend on my home situation, we would take the pet in | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would call it to me. I couldn t trap it. Then I would take it to the vet to check for a chip. | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would make sure there was food and shelter. | 0.08% | 1 |
| That depends on the outside elements. I would call animal rescue | 0.08% | 1 |
| Living in a large complex, the office often posts pictures of lost pets. | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would first try to catch the animal myself. | 0.08% | 1 |
| Depends on the dog and whether it would be safe to catch it. | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would notify the police | 0.08% | 1 |
| depends | 0.08% | 1 |
| SPCA | 0.08% | 1 |
| what? | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would contact the dog warden and then wait with the dog until they got here | 0.08% | 1 |
| In answr to the question you asked in #1, "yes". | 0.08% | 1 |
| Humane society | 0.08% | 1 |
| Feed it | 0.08% | 1 |
| I WOULD TRY TO GET AT IT WITH A LOVING & CARING AND TREAT IN HAND APPROACH, WHICH USUALLY WORKS | 0.08% | 1 |
| depends on where and what | 0.08% | 1 |
| I would call animal control to help | 0.08% | 1 |
| I have taken dogs to our local shelter | 0.08% | 1 |
| Trap myself & take to a rescue place. | 0.08% | 1 |
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