Stray dog menace
I am reproducing part of my post in Local circles-Residents of Chennai in 2019. The ground realities have not changed at all and the post is still relevant going by recent incidents in other parts of India.
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A few decades back, municipal bodies used to catch stray dogs and after waiting for a few days for any owners to claim their dogs if inadvertently captured, they were euthanised. This practice seems to have stopped now for good. When a few concerned citizens requested for using this method to reduce stray population, animal right activists objected and even the courts ruled against the move. I fervently wish that some close relative of these objectors/judges contract rabies due to dog bite and they see the suffering that the victim undergoes before merciful relief by death. Or better still, their children are mauled by stray dogs. I am sure that will change their mind within a heartbeat.
Common citizens have been reduced to helplessness and some of them have been driven to the point of killing strays. Instead of being appreciated for doing what the Municipality/ Corporation should have done, they are arrested for cruelty to animals. If killing of strays is not permitted, let the corporation catch and tag them by RFID chips and invite any interested dog lovers to adopt them. The rest can be released into forest areas far from any populated towns. If a person adopts a dog and it is found that the dog has been released again into the street, the person (identified through the dog's tag should be prosecuted for endangering public lives and sent to jail. Similarly any owner who does not keep their dogs on leash resulting in attacks or dog bites to members of the public, they too should have to pay damages and punitive awards.
We should remember that human lives are important too, not just dogs'. If activist agencies like the Blue Cross object to these measures and obtain a court stay on their implementation, they must also be held directly responsible for injuries/death due to stray dog bites/attacks and be made liable to pay compensation and punitive damages to victims and their families.
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A few decades back, municipal bodies used to catch stray dogs and after waiting for a few days for any owners to claim their dogs if inadvertently captured, they were euthanised. This practice seems to have stopped now for good. When a few concerned citizens requested for using this method to reduce stray population, animal right activists objected and even the courts ruled against the move. I fervently wish that some close relative of these objectors/judges contract rabies due to dog bite and they see the suffering that the victim undergoes before merciful relief by death. Or better still, their children are mauled by stray dogs. I am sure that will change their mind within a heartbeat.
Common citizens have been reduced to helplessness and some of them have been driven to the point of killing strays. Instead of being appreciated for doing what the Municipality/ Corporation should have done, they are arrested for cruelty to animals. If killing of strays is not permitted, let the corporation catch and tag them by RFID chips and invite any interested dog lovers to adopt them. The rest can be released into forest areas far from any populated towns. If a person adopts a dog and it is found that the dog has been released again into the street, the person (identified through the dog's tag should be prosecuted for endangering public lives and sent to jail. Similarly any owner who does not keep their dogs on leash resulting in attacks or dog bites to members of the public, they too should have to pay damages and punitive awards.
We should remember that human lives are important too, not just dogs'. If activist agencies like the Blue Cross object to these measures and obtain a court stay on their implementation, they must also be held directly responsible for injuries/death due to stray dog bites/attacks and be made liable to pay compensation and punitive damages to victims and their families.
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