Don't get me wrong here, if I turn em loose, it is just to get them into another jurisdicition where the orignal owner won't think to look for them. I wouldn't put them out in the boonies where they have to fend for themselves, they're likely to get caught by the SPCA in a different town. I'd give take them there myself, only the laws prevent them from accepting strays from folks not from that area, so I do the next best thing. Either way, I don't think I've made the animal's plight any worse than it was when I caught it, maybe I even gave it a better chance.

It is depressing to go to all the trouble to catch the animal and turn it in, only to have it show up in my yard two or three days later after the owner has gone and bailed it outta doggie jail. That's how plan #2 came into existence. Nothing else ever seems to work, not even calling the cops.