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| Sep 10, 2009 4:24 pm |
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re: Stray dog menace - An appeal |
Ambika Kulshrestha
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Vivek,
It is not only stray dogs, but pet dogs are also a menace. The attitude of the owners of the pet dogs is that, since they love their pet, all the people in the world should love their pet, without getting scared. Infact their statement is "no it will not do anything to you, you are absolutely safe, with it around you"
I would like to quote a few experiences which I myself have got.
Once I was passing through a building compound, all of a suddden there immerged a lady carrying not one but six dogs along with her with just one dog on leash and the rest five loose and when I stood still with fear where I was, she casually said "they are harmless, they won't do anything", only I knew at that time what I was undergoing, for a moment I thought at least one of them will pounce on me.
Another incident took place when I went shopping to a mall. I finished shopping and came out of the mall, all of a sudden it started raining so I stood under the roof of the mall, suddenly I saw a man standing with an Alcecion and a Doberman, thankfully this time on leash, but a few steps away from me and when I requested him to keep the dogs at a distance he fumed at me and said "but they are not doing anything to you", then I had to literally shout at the man so that he could undderstand the inconvinience caused to me, since I couldn't even move from there since it was raining very heavily.
These dog owners look down upon people who talk anything against their pet. A warning needs to be given to the dog owners to keep their favorite pets on leash and not to bring them in public places like parks, shopping malls etc.
Afterall, the dog owners should realise, that dogs are animals and you cannot predict the behaviour of an animal, who knows it might pounce on the owner one day.Private Reply to Ambika Kulshrestha (new win) |
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