Guest guest Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 >I wish to ask experts in this field on this list if they are fully convinced >if this [ABC] programme has nothing to do with the changing psychology of the >street dogs. Look at the number of fatal and almost fatal cases in Bangalore >alone. Dogs are getting more ferocious by the day, attacking in packs. Whoever posted this is simply misinformed. As Poornima Harish of the Animal Rights Fund informed me yesterday-- > " Poornima Harish " <arfindia >anmlpepl >Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:13:17 +0000 > > >The dog attack on boy happened in a defence area, outside of >municipal limits. Dog vans were not allowed to go there. Now >commissioner wants to extend ABC to outer areas which are now part >of greater bangalore. Same story: garbage not cleared for days, meat >waste piling up, nobody attending to dog calls, etc >etc ............... > >however media not bothered abt which area etc. the image of dogs has >taken a beating. > >Poornima Dog attacks occurring outside the areas reached by ABC programs have nothing whatever to do with the success of the ABC programs--which in Bangalore has been considerable. I was in Bangalore recently, and did several neighborhood dog censuses, primarily on foot. The verifiable rate of sterilization & vaccination in areas served by CUPA was more than 90%, and appeared to be more than 70% in areas served by Karuna and the Animal Rights Fund. Both Suparna Ganguly of CUPA and Poornima Harish of ARF told me that the only places I would find dog packs congregating would be around meat shops, most of which were illegal. I verified this for myself, alone, on foot, hiking for many miles in different directions around the city. Bangalore has an enormous problem with illegal meat shops, & it is in such areas that the recent dog attacks have occurred. -- Merritt Clifton Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE P.O. Box 960 Clinton, WA 98236 Telephone: 360-579-2505 Fax: 360-579-2575 E-mail: anmlpepl Web: www.animalpeoplenews.org [ANIMAL PEOPLE is the leading independent newspaper providing original investigative coverage of animal protection worldwide, founded in 1992. Our readership of 30,000-plus includes the decision-makers at more than 10,000 animal protection organizations. We have no alignment or affiliation with any other entity. $24/year; for free sample, send address.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Dear Sir, Thanks for your reply! Sir, the sentences you have highlighted were my questions/ concerns/ doubts and not statements since a lot of our fellow activists had the same doubts. Before you judge my sentences let me tell you that I am a staunch animals rights activist myself and the only reason I put forth those questions were to see if there was a work around to save the dogs from being tagged as " killers " and hated by the commoner! Just to inform you the maximum cases of dog bites are in city limits with one of the reason being the one you have mentioned - the meat stalls or garbage dumps. There has been yet another dog bite case yesterday here in Bangalore and as a matter of fact I was chased by a few of them myself when I had been for a job a couple of hours ago. (Although there is no meat stall in a one km radius and the garbage is cleared daily) But then like I said, lets think of a practical solution. Sir, I wish to hear from experts like you on what we as activists can do. Before that, some food for thought.... >> Meat stalls are here to stay... You and I know there is nothign much that can be done >> waste management - thats something that we can actually end up doing >> More effective ABC programs... the funds can be well utilized, with better planning we could have better ABC program and with the statistics Dr. Chinny Krinshnan gave yesterday regarding the average life of a street dog, as per his claims, we can hope to considerably reduce the dog population. We all know and as you have mentioned, a couple of orgs in Bangalore are working relentlessly in this area (I salute them all) and am sure they are doing just that! >> I was also suggesting gettin dog owners to nueter the dogs (another point mentioned by Dr. Chinni Krishnan) so that they dont disown the extra pups on the streets... >> Assuming dog researchers have studied if there have been any psychological changes to them due to changing city conditions...and feel that they are all doing just fine... we dont have to look in that direction right? OK all said and done, the dog menace seems to be increasing by the day. There is a lot of pressure from the civic authorities to start culling the dogs which i believe You and me and everyone here would NOT want; so whats the work around? Please Sir, before the dogs who were always a man's best friend turns into his worst foe.... please suggest something wherein we dont have 25000 cases of dog bites in a city alone in a year. (I may be wrong on the numbers cos those were the numbers published). Thanks, Pablo On 3/2/07, Merritt Clifton <anmlpepl wrote: > > >I wish to ask experts in this field on this list if they are fully > convinced > >if this [ABC] programme has nothing to do with the changing psychology of > the > >street dogs. Look at the number of fatal and almost fatal cases in > Bangalore > >alone. Dogs are getting more ferocious by the day, attacking in packs. > > > Whoever posted this is simply misinformed. As Poornima > Harish of the Animal Rights Fund informed me yesterday-- > > > > " Poornima Harish " <arfindia > >anmlpepl > >Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:13:17 +0000 > > > > > >The dog attack on boy happened in a defence area, outside of > >municipal limits. Dog vans were not allowed to go there. Now > >commissioner wants to extend ABC to outer areas which are now part > >of greater bangalore. Same story: garbage not cleared for days, meat > >waste piling up, nobody attending to dog calls, etc > >etc ............... > > > >however media not bothered abt which area etc. the image of dogs has > >taken a beating. > > > >Poornima > > > Dog attacks occurring outside the areas reached by ABC > programs have nothing whatever to do with the success of the ABC > programs--which in Bangalore has been considerable. > > I was in Bangalore recently, and did several neighborhood > dog censuses, primarily on foot. The verifiable rate of > sterilization & vaccination in areas served by CUPA was more than > 90%, and appeared to be more than 70% in areas served by Karuna and > the Animal Rights Fund. > > Both Suparna Ganguly of CUPA and Poornima Harish of ARF told > me that the only places I would find dog packs congregating would be > around meat shops, most of which were illegal. I verified this for > myself, alone, on foot, hiking for many miles in different > directions around the city. > > Bangalore has an enormous problem with illegal meat shops, & > it is in such areas that the recent dog attacks have occurred. > > > -- > Merritt Clifton > Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE > P.O. Box 960 > Clinton, WA 98236 > > Telephone: 360-579-2505 > Fax: 360-579-2575 > E-mail: anmlpepl > Web: www.animalpeoplenews.org > > [ANIMAL PEOPLE is the leading independent newspaper providing > original investigative coverage of animal protection worldwide, > founded in 1992. Our readership of 30,000-plus includes the > decision-makers at more than 10,000 animal protection organizations. > We have no alignment or affiliation with any other entity. $24/year; > for free sample, send address.] > -- WOCON: http://groups.google.co.inwocon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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