If I were in the middle of being mauled by wild dogs, a gun would not be very useful because I would already be getting mauled by the dogs. As others have said, pepper spray, for example, would be far more useful.
Most importantly: I would not put myself into a situation in which wild dogs would maul me. Wild dogs don’t simply show up out of nowhere and start attacking. That news article doesn’t give any detail as to how the situation began, so it’s not a useful reference.
So usually you’d shoot the dog as it’s coming to attack you. A benefit of a gun is that it’s a ranged weapon.
How would pepper spray be more useful than a gun? As someone that’s been charged by an animal on a hike, the noise (which doesn’t require effective aim like pepper spray) is enough by itself.
Wild dogs don’t simply show up out of nowhere and start attacking
They do, actually, that’s how pack animals hunt from the perspective of prey.
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If I were in the middle of being mauled by wild dogs, a gun would not be very useful because I would already be getting mauled by the dogs. As others have said, pepper spray, for example, would be far more useful.
Most importantly: I would not put myself into a situation in which wild dogs would maul me. Wild dogs don’t simply show up out of nowhere and start attacking. That news article doesn’t give any detail as to how the situation began, so it’s not a useful reference.
So usually you’d shoot the dog as it’s coming to attack you. A benefit of a gun is that it’s a ranged weapon.
How would pepper spray be more useful than a gun? As someone that’s been charged by an animal on a hike, the noise (which doesn’t require effective aim like pepper spray) is enough by itself.
They do, actually, that’s how pack animals hunt from the perspective of prey.