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Zelda zpenzel

30-abr-2007 2:07

India's dog culls continue

16th April 2007

 

Dear Friends

 

With the rapid spread of information through the internet, we are

used to hearing of animal abuse throughout the world on a daily basis. Could

this familiarity be the reason that there has been so little international

reaction to India's dog culls? Maybe it's because we are used to reading about

the culling of hundreds of thousands of dogs in China. Or is it perhaps that

it's just difficult to accept that this could be happening in this predominantly

Hindu nation with it's reputation for respecting life? Whatever the reason for

there being little mention of it, the brutal killing of thousands of street dogs

in the State of Karnataka, India goes on.

 

A campaigner in India writes, " Things are still the same, there are

protests going on in Bangalore by animal lovers but no luck on stopping the

killings, public awareness thru pamphlets is being done which might take

sometime to workout, we are a group of animal lovers who are trying our best to

stop the killing with no luck favouring our struggle . "

 

If you missed our alert last month on India's dog massacres, you can

see it at

http://itstheirdestiny.2kat.net/ITD%20Update%2022_03_07.htm<http://itstheirdesti\

ny.2kat.net/ITD%20Update%2022_03_07.htm> for details and relevant links. If you

haven't sent protests yet, please send them now. If you have already written,

please accept our thanks but write again. The street dogs of India need your

help NOW.

 

Write to:

 

Mr.Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister, Karnataka

cm

 

Mr.Ashok, Health Minister, Karnataka

contact

 

Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India

presidentofindia

http://pmindia.nic.in/write.htm

 

K. Jyothiramalingam, Commissioner

Bangalore City Corporation (BCC)

ramalingam

 

 

Contact details for Indian Embassies can be found at:

http://www.thokalath.com/embassy/index.php

 

Please write an original if possible, otherwise use the sample

below, but please send!

 

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Dear Sir,

 

I was horrified to learn that, unlike other States of India,

Karnataka is dealing with the problem of street dogs with a campaign of

mass-killings.

 

Throughout India homeless dogs are commonplace, yet in many States

their numbers are being controlled effectively by Animal Birth Control programs.

No animal population can grow more than available food permits and when dogs are

neutered, vaccinated and returned to their own territory, they prevent other

dogs moving in, thus limiting their numbers naturally.

 

When, as in Karnataka however, ample supplies of food are thrown

into the streets by illegal meat sellers, their numbers will obviously increase.

By simply killing the dogs you are encouraging the breeding of replacements.

Nature abhors a vacuum and you are creating a situation in which the culls will

have to be repeated indefinitely.

 

I urge you instead to catch, neuter and vaccinate the strays of

Karnataka, release them back onto the streets, and close down the illegal and

unhygienic meat traders that are the real cause of this problem.

 

India has a reputation throughout the world as a humane country, and

its people are renown for their kindness. I beg you not to let this reputation

be so tarnished by cruel, inefficient, and easily avoidable methods of animal

control.

 

Yours sincerely

 

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