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Delhi protests Bangalore culling of strays, 10 Mar. article

 

 

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Delhi protests Bangalore culling of strays

Saturday, March 10, 2007 07:53:23 pm

 

The death of two children in Bangalore after being bitten by stray

dogs has led the city's civic authorities to go on a sporadic killing

drive of stray dogs. Over 200 dogs have been culled in the city

already, sparking off protests by animal lovers all across the

country on the way the authorities are handling the stray dog menace.

 

Dogs are being rounded up mercilessly in the city Bangalore, and many

saw this as a knee-jerk reaction to the news that two children were

attacked and killed by a pack of dogs in a Bangalore suburb. So far,

229 dogs have been killed and questions are being raised.

 

Thousands of kilometres away from Bangalore, in Delhi, animal lovers

are protesting Bangalore's killing spree. Says Ambika Shukla, an

animal rights activist, " When a car runs over someone do we kill all

drivers? When a school lunch turns poisonous do we shut down all

schools? So why this treatment to innocent animals? Is it just

because they are helpless? "

 

Rajiv Jain, President of NGO People for Animals (Delhi),

agrees, " There is a Prevention of Cruelty to animals Act. It is a

central act that applies to all states. Sec 11 says that it is

illegal to kill animals. "

 

It's not just animal rights activists that are up in arms over the

culling drive. In Bangalore, as dogs were rounded by the municipal

corporation, pet owners are distraught too.

 

The Bangalore City Corporation has been under immense pressure to

show immediate results regarding the city's stray dog problem. But

the operation has come under a lot of criticism from the High Court

of Karnataka, the Governor and a number of ordinary citizens, who

feel it was carried out in an inhumane and unscientific manner.

 

(By Nandita Suneja and Gargi Shastri)