[dragonwriter]

> They should take the dog to a shelter if they can't find a friend or neighbor who will take him.

In practice, that’s likely just outsourcing the killing.

[pdonis]

Not necessarily. No kill shelters exist.

But even if the shelter were to end up euthanizing the dog, at least it would be a last resort because they were unable to find any suitable home for him. That's still better than doing it because of a single event that was really the humans' fault.