STOP CULLING DOGS!! WE ARE NOT GODS!!

I believe that the issue of stray dogs would resolve only when we the people set an example. Our “heroes” such as actors, painters, writers etc.. would show their presence only when they need some publicity. Most of this generation children do not look up to these heroes, they are even more sensible than the elderly. They look up to their parents as heroes. If the parents dispose garbage on the roadside thereby increasing the chances of stray dogs growing in that area. Then children would definitely do the same. Media such as newspapers are projecting stray dog menace in a manner in which once when someone reads an incident their immediate feeling would be to cull all the stray dogs. They just report that a person was “attacked” by a stray dog. Dogs only attack when they have been threatened or when humans try to invade something they protect. Government should encourage citizens of Bangalore to adopt these stray dogs and policies should be made wherein if someone owns a foreign breed dog then monthly taxes should be paid by them. Since any one can get a foreign breed dog such as a German Shepard just by paying Rs. 8000/ - and of course they believe they have established a higher status in the society by owing one. These rules have been imposed by few of the western countries. People who adopt stray dogs do not have to pay any taxes and would also get a free annual medical treatment for the dog.

It was during similar kind of monsoon season in the year 2004 that I had saved the lives of 5 tiny little puppy dogs from drowning in drain. Apart from saving them I handed them over to the CUPA located after mekri circle. Over there I had seen many beautiful stray dogs. They were all jumping with joy when they saw me. It’s just like these adoption centres where children are filled with joy and hope in their hearts that some one has come to take them. I was tempted to keep one of the puppy dogs. Since my Sister –in-law was pregnant with her first child I had to restrict my temptation.
So STOP Culling DOGS!! We are not GODS!!