Re: [GOANET] STRAY DOGS DESERVE THE PRESIDENT’S MEDALS TOO

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I hate to write this but it is plain to any one residing out of India, life
his cheap in India. I do hope I provoke some debate on this. The animal good
doers are not able to cope. They should seriously think about approaching
the American Protection of Cruelty to animals and the the others like the
Royal Society of Cruelty to Animals for help. It is well known that the
Western Animal Welfare Organisations have the resources to help out in
India. The big problem is that India considers it self not in need of
outside help (interference). At the same time thousands of Indians are vying
for the Green Card!!

The local dogs will attack any person, deemed to be invading their pitch.
May be its the the way I walk or  my smell, when I was walking down to the
shops near my Mothers home in Navelim a stray dog roused it self up and came
to attack me, to the good humour of the local people!! It was fortunate that
I was carrying a heavy bag and aimed correctly to good effect!!

Although India has as you say a large population of dogs I would conclude
that Goa per population has more dogs. This is because of the Christian
population. Muslims and Hindus by and large from my experience shun dogs.
Goan Christians by their upbringing and rather more inclination to the West
are the culprits!!


Cheers Gabe Menezes




> The sterilization programme fails because a single female dog and its
> offspring can give rise to 65,000 strays in its reproductive lifetime.
> Therefore, unless 80% of female strays are sterilized within a six-month
> period, before the next reproductive cycle begins, the programme is doomed
> to failure. To nurture the fond hope that a haphazard sterilization
> programme will slowly solve the problem is to try fool oneself and the
> suffering public. What is the definition of “slowly”? Years? Decades? Can
> the community afford to suffer  that  long?
>
> In our own country, children have been mauled to death by packs of stray
> dogs. As long as it is someone else’s child, it does not matter to the
> animal activists. Countless have suffered / died in accidents caused by
> stray dogs. Each year there are 50,000 deaths from rabies in our country
> including some in Goa.
>
> It is a national disgrace that India accounts for 80% of rabies deaths in
> the world. Most civilized countries have totally eliminated rabies from
> their territories by a dual thrust of a)Strict control, licensing and
> vaccination of pet dogs, b)  Sustained elimination of stray dogs.
>



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