Sir,
This refers to the letter titled “Stray dog menace in Gokulam” (Star of Mysore dated Apr. 23). I am residing in Gokulam for the last 6 years and I don’t see any such problem with regard to street dogs.
Most of the street dogs are neutered by the City Corporation and many residents are taking care of the street dogs in their locality, which is a good thing to do as these strays take care of any unforeseen dangers. In fact one of the street dogs alerted us about the poisonous snake in our compound.
I would like to mention that dogs are not ferocious because of the pampering by the resident; it’s because of the amount of the garbage and stale food that is disposed by the careless residents which attracts other territory dogs which is actually causing problems.
Instead of pointing finger at innocent animals, if the residents are more sensible and responsible towards their neighbourhood all problems can be tackled.
The City Corporation is doing its best to collect garbage on daily basis; even after that I can see the locality is filled with garbage, sometimes expired medicine, glass pieces are also disposed of which pose life threat to animals like cows and dogs.
I would request all the residents to be kind towards animals in their locality. If they take care of at least one dog, it will take care of the entire locality in case of any danger.
– Suvarna Joshi, Gokulam, 24.4.2022
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This post was published on April 29, 2022 5:55 pm