DOGS!!!

I've was studying a while ago when i started getting bored and thought ill read my friends blog, when i stumbled upon Mahek's piece on N.G.O's especially P.E.T.A , that i was so appalled & disgusted that i felt compelled to air my views on dogs, the stupid people who abandon their dogs, & the so called animal-activists!!
I moved to borivali sum 3 odd years back. When i moved here the place was pretty well developed,but there was still acres and acres of land that had be reclaimed(i.e land that was going to be used for residential complexes or parks, we have a lot of those now ). Muffins my sweet little naughty dog, it being a new place and all wanted to go around everywhere, exploring every little nook and corner, and it is on one of these expeditions, that i have discovered one-to-many healthy dogs, abandoned by their owners. I ask you can you imagine being deserted by your own parents, can you imagine what these dogs felt? Some were all grown up , some were small puppies , all abandoned in the cold among the rubble , in an unknown place, left to die, suffer and die, a slow ,scared horrifying death. The first time i saw a German shepherd abandoned, i went home and tried to call people and ask for help, any kennels or anyone who was willing to take them in, i wish i could, but having one dog at home was driving my dad crazy, if i got another one home, I'd be out...I went to see the g-s a little later and what i saw was the most extra-ordinary thing ever, the construction laborers took the dog in fed it & bathed it.I visited it quite a few times after that, it grew-up into a big healthy dog, & that was so awesome. The laborers hardly had any money for themselves but they took the scared , lonely dog home, gave it food, water and much needed love and attention, where was the so called organizations, that are barking from every nook and corner for publicity , but when real work shows up, they disappear. This is the first in the series of many such incidents, and I'm happy to say that all the abandoned dogs were taken in by someone or the other. The place I'm living is quite a dog lover's paradise, the dog to human ratio is almost 1:2.
I think people can stoop to any level if they can abandon babies,(which has been very frequent in the last year, infant girls in Punjab especially), why would dogs be any different.Why do they bring animals home, and have babies if they cant take care of them? Why do grown-adults find it so difficult to take responsibility for themselves and their actions? Well I'd like to be optimistic this one time atleast and think there will be a better day, hopefully sometime in he near future.
I used to take MUFFINS to this vet, who used feed all the stray dogs in the vicinity which was quite a big number(around 50), and she had bought a house where she would keep many of the sick, lame or pregnant one's till they were better, she would perform free operations on them, she even started sterilizing the dogs , so that their number stayed in check.She spent a major part of her earnings on them, and dint shout from the roof-top that she was doing so-and-so for the animals. These are the true animal lovers, not the ones who create a storm by standing with boards outside food-joints claiming its wrong to eat meat.If they were really that bothered they would do something pro-active.Go stop the hunting and poaching where it's still legal, help preserve the ever dwindling number of wild-animals and their scarce environment.Say , the number of wild cats, in the national park in Bombay" the borivali national park" has gone down drastically.Stop people from enroaching on their lands, hence depriving them of food and a home, which eventually gets them to wander into human establishments, turn into man-eaters and they are eventually killed for the safety of the PEOPLE!! HA!! We don't need protection from them, they need to be protected from us!!


I've aired my views for now atleast and i shall retire back to my study table, which awaits my return. I may not put up anything till the 13th exams begin next week, wish me luck!!