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Where are all the cats and dogs in Walking Dead?

Posted on 12/2/14 at 6:59 pm
Posted by CaptainBrannigan
Good Ole Rocky Top Tennessee
Member since Jan 2010
21644 posts
Posted on 12/2/14 at 6:59 pm
Had a discussion with a friend today about WD. It occurred to me that there are no cats or dogs in the show. He said maybe the Walkers got them, which is a valid point. But i say there is no way Walkers got cats, they are fast and can climb. Seems like Daryl should be hunting cats, not squirrel.
Posted by HailToTheChiz
Back in Auburn
Member since Aug 2010
48867 posts
Posted on 12/2/14 at 7:10 pm to
Dog and cats die
Become zombie dogs and cats
Eat other dogs and cats
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
50214 posts
Posted on 12/2/14 at 7:40 pm to
Eaten by zombies mostly I'd bet.

There was a one eyed dog in one episode a while back.
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 12/2/14 at 7:44 pm to
Probably because having animal wranglers and animal welfare observers on location is an unwanted and unnecessary expense.
This post was edited on 12/2/14 at 7:45 pm
Posted by Sinister1
Metairie
Member since Dec 2007
1872 posts
Posted on 12/2/14 at 7:47 pm to
They are trying to survive their own zombie apocalypse: The Barking Dead
Posted by LSUZombie
A Cemetery Near You
Member since Apr 2008
28869 posts
Posted on 12/2/14 at 8:09 pm to
Eaten by walkers.
Eaten by people.
Eaten by one another.

No great scenarios for domestic cats and dogs.
Posted by gaetti15
AK
Member since Apr 2013
13350 posts
Posted on 12/2/14 at 8:12 pm to
quote:

Eaten by walkers.
Eaten by people.
Eaten by one another.

No great scenarios for domestic cats and dogs.


Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 12/2/14 at 8:20 pm to
quote:

It occurred to me that there are no cats or dogs in the show.



Daryl, Beth , funeral parlor
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 12/2/14 at 8:32 pm to
Cats and dogs are probably dead. It's not like there's anything to eat. Maybe some are feral and they don't show them.
Posted by LSU Patrick
Member since Jan 2009
73347 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 10:09 am to
Most have been eaten by walkers and humans.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
150496 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 10:38 am to
I assume the vast majority of domesticated dogs and cats died locked in the homes of their owners after they perished. Many more were eaten I'm sure (including the ones in the homes after the owners died).

Feral ones are feasting on other animals/rodents now that there aren't really any humans around keeping the populations in check.

Also, you likely don't see many on the show because they avoid the frick out of most "people" nowadays.
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
61408 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 10:42 am to
quote:

Probably because having animal wranglers and animal welfare observers on location is an unwanted and unnecessary expense.



I agree that this is the reason, but disagree that it's unnecessary. Even if you don't give the group a dog, you should see at least a few per season. The traits that brought man and dog together in the first place would become even more valuable as we devolve back into a uncivilized way of life.
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
34430 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 10:43 am to
I've watched Life After People enough to know that there would be much less dogs and cats, but wild dogs ad feral cats would still flourish. And frankly, I would think that the still living humans would get a lot of use from the few domesticated animals left on the earth.

Haven't seen the show, my mgr says its great.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 10:50 am to
I think Daryl wanted a dog but the producers didn't allow it
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
101914 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 11:15 am to
They are all on strike.
Posted by theGarnetWay
Washington, D.C.
Member since Mar 2010
25845 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 11:40 am to
I'm not sure how Walkers would be able to catch either but the first season did show them eating Rick's horse so we know they do eat other animals.

In contrast to the 2004 Dawn of the Dead where they didn't go after dogs.
Posted by Rollwave034
Member since Feb 2013
521 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 2:08 pm to
Which did this story line ever get closed? Was it the hospital that booby trapped that house? That doesn't really make sense since they are looking for people to "work"? Whose dog was that? Anyone have any theories?

Posted by Bham4Tide
In a Van down by the River
Member since Feb 2011
22081 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 2:14 pm to
Watched a show one time that claimed that without owners to feed them, domesticated animals would just start attacking other animals, even humans, for food.

This would probably happen until kill each other off. If you ever played the Walking Dead game, the little girl meets a playful dog until she tries to take its food, and it turns on her fast.
Posted by Captain Fantasy
Member since Mar 2013
1595 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 2:28 pm to
Zombie food

If Rick's horse was eaten alive you can guarantee zombies are eating pets too.

They're probably too afraid of humans now. :(
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
19960 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 2:44 pm to
quote:

Eaten by zombies mostly I'd bet.

There was a one eyed dog in one episode a while back.


I just don't buy this. I can't even catch my dog as is. No way some lurching zombie catches a dog. Cats climb trees, even less likely.
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