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Animals unleashed on society? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strays

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'animals' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Homeless animals ' mean 'strays' so perhaps 'animals' could also mean 'strays')

'unleashed on society?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'society?' could be 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations) and 's' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'trays' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for strays that I've seen before include "Wanders off, digresses" , "Wanders off with satyrs" , "Homeless animals" , "Wanders off course" , "Goes off course" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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