![]() ![]() Is it the fault of the stray dogs that the municipal authorities do not regularly discharge their responsibilities of vaccinating or sterilising them? What is the fault of the stray dogs who got infected because of the irresponsible owner of the Great Dane who let his rabid pet dog outside, and did not vaccinate it? Who is really causing the “menace” here?Ĭases of gruesome violence against animals, especially stray dogs, are not uncommon. It’s such acts that increase the trust of the animals in humans. Opinion | Animal Birth Control programme should be better implemented, but its criticism misses the pointĭog feeders spend hours feeding stray dogs and looking after injured animals, spend their own money to carry out sterilisations, make provisions for a warm bed and coat in winters, or water bowls during the summers. This is recognised in the country’s statute books: Sections 3 and 11 of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, draws from the Constitution’s Article 51A(g), which says it is the fundamental duty of every citizen “to have compassion for living creatures’, which means concern for suffering, sympathy, kindliness, etc…”. One of the five internationally recognised freedoms for animals includes “freedom from hunger, thirst and malnutrition”. “Life” means more than mere survival or existence or an animal’s instrumental value to human beings - it is about dignity. ![]() (2014) underscored that animals have a right to life and the word “life” is to be given an expanded meaning, which includes all forms of life, including animal life. ![]() The Supreme Court in Animal Welfare Board of India vs. I am writing this to express my disappointment with the article, ‘Gone to the Dogs’ (IE, July 27). ![]() Dog feeders spend hours feeding stray dogs and looking after injured animals, spend their own money to carry out sterilisations, make provisions for a warm bed and coat in winters, or water bowls during the summers. ![]()
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