Detroit is in trouble. But why? Why has this large city come to an almost grinding halt? With the car industry almost wiped out of the city, there has been very little reason to go there. Yes, there are still jobs there but not enough to support all of those that once garced the area.
Why is it being left to ruin? Is it part of some plan of getting everyone out of some cities in order to bundle them together in a mega city? The type of mega city we see in he English comic book stories of Judge Dredd. I read once of a super highway stretching from Mexico to Canada whilst the vast majority of the USA was left to itself and allowed to return to the wiilds, whilst all the people live in mega cities.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg. There is a major problem there right now and one that will get so out of control that we will be highering gun men to go and hunt down and destroy packs of wild dogs.. and these dogs will spread. It reminds me of the mini series “the last train” where a group of people find themselves in a future time and packs of wild dogs take on the challenge of killing a couple of people and eating them.. rather succesfully too!
this clip may not be suitable for everyone, but it is here as an example of what might happen in Detroit pretty soon.
“As the human exodus from bankrupt Detroit picks up speed, packs of feral dogs are overrunning the city’s streets and abandoned buildings.
Bloomberg reports that as many as 50,000 canines prowl through the Motor City’s darkened roads and condemned houses, causing serious problems for the few people that remain.
“It was almost post-apocalyptic,” said Amanda Arrington of the Humane Society, who visited the city last October. “There are no businesses, nothing except people in houses and dogs running around.”
Animal control personnel are hamstrung by the city’s shoestring budget, and overcrowded shelters are forced to euthanize more than 70 percent of the dogs brought in.
As dog owners abandon Detroit, many leave their canine companions to fend for themselves. The animals often form packs around a female in heat, and then go looking for trouble.
One police officer told a story about a pack of 20 pooches found in the flooded basement of an abandoned home.
“The dogs were having a pool party,” he said. “We went in and fished them out.”
The basement initially flooded after thieves hacked out the water pipes.
The threat of dog attacks have forced the Postal Service to temporarily halt delivery in certain neighborhoods. One mail carrier recalled using clouds of pepper spray to disperse swarms of small but savage hounds.
“It’s like Chihuahuaville,” she said.
One woman was attacked four months ago by two strays while sitting on her porch. The animals tore off the woman’s scalp during the assault.
Detroit’s problems extend beyond their canine infestation. The city declared bankruptcy last July, possesses over $18 billion in long-term debt and has run up a deficit of nearly $400 million this year.”
Detroit goes to the dogs
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