Animals that are not with their people are no longer pets...they need to be culled.
Declaring "it isn't a zero-sum game" doesn't make it so. If there are rescue workers in the AO looking for abandoned pets their efforts are misplaced.
Stop shooting the pets! There's a war going on. Every bullet we use shooting a dog in NO could be better spent shooting an islmowhacko in Iraq. Talk about getting prioritieds straight...