W.: 2 bothering questions

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Von: Rishi Dev <rishidev000

An: Rishi Dev <rishidev

Datum: 11.10.2007 15:17

Betreff: 2 bothering questions

 

Dear friends,

I wanted to share two small, yet moving incidences which happened with me

only yesterday and that too within a gap of just half an hour.

 

1) while i was driving out of Dwarka, I came across a dog which was really

healthy and big sized, except that it had a maggot infested wound on its

neck. it was running endlessly on the road at a fast pace. while i called

the Sonadi abmulance, it kept running and it did not even stop once due to

pain. it would not eat anything that i would throw at him from my

moving car, as i could not stop othwerwise i would lose him. Since any

ambulance will obviously take at least half an hour to reach, there was no

way i could stop this dog or distract him, except that i follow him. After a

few k.m. it went straight into a small village on the outskirts of dwarka,

where my car could not go. I cant obviously park my car in the middle of

nowhere and keep running after him. So the dog could not be helped and i

could do nothing but watch him leave in pain.

but what bothers me more than that is something else. Our civilisation seems

to be in welfare for ages now, and have claimed to develop advanced

technologies and blah blah blah......yet we havent yet figured out a way to

help one small dog by catching him ourselves till help arrives. This is such

a basic problem, but noone seems to have found an answer and we talk of huge

projects and plans.

as an animal lover i want to know and should know how to catch a dog in

distress. There is no use spending years and a lifetime in welfare and not

knowing the basics of the job profile that one needs to do.

We still work with ages old loop and sack and other methods, which only NGOs

carry. How many animal lovers actually carry the loop and sack in their car

boot to be able to catch a dog. this is one of the biggest reasons that NGOs

also are reluctant to send vans on first complaint, as they are not sure if

the journey would be worth the trip or not. I dont know about others, but i

feel anyone like us who are interested in helping injured animals must carry

something like a fish net or something else similar to be able to catch

the animal at once. I am sure if such a practice is initiated by the animal

lovers then more lives can be saved and the NGOs would not be that reluctant

to send their vans immediately. any suggestions ????

 

2) second incidence that happened a little later was also very sad and

unfortunate. (see pictures attached) while driving back i saw one spitz

lying dead along the median. It was obviously a pet that was abandoned and

the poor thing had died of dehydration and shock while it was glued on to

the median of the busy road for God knows how long. this is not a new thing,

yet what is important is that anyone of us while passing would express our

concern and grief for the same but how many of us would actually take the

burden to pick that dog and give it a decent burrial. I am sure very little.

Even I had to call Sonadi to do it for this Dog, which they happily did, as

i didn t have any means to dig a hole and bury the dog. It may sound mad but

as a true animal lover one has to take this responsibility to keep some

means of disposing off the dead body so it doesnt get squashed and eaten up

on the road. This practice must be initiated. otherwise welfare will remain

a hobby, time pass and a means to socialise......

 

will continue to send such the esccentric thoughts to you all.

have a great day....

regards

rishi dev