Responsible Compassion

Here is a thought-provoking article on India's stray dogs and "misguided compassion" which can lead to major human-dog conflicts.

"Responsible compassion: When a dog has access to food, it increases the dogs' fecundity (ability to reproduce successfully). Thus, when a street dog is being fed by a community animal feeder regularly, it is imperative that the dog is caught and sterilised. (...) The act of compassion does not end at merely feeding a dog and keeping it alive. It extends into putting double the effort in educating the local community. (...) Community animal feeders must determine and fix the number of dogs they look after to ensure that their actions eventually result in a decline in the population of the area. It is important for them to not feed new dogs that may arrive suddenly (potentially migrating). The new and old dogs could form packs and start exhibiting problem behaviours, causing problems even for the older resident dogs who the local community may have previously accepted peacefully." – exerpt from article by Neha Panchamia, Founder and President, RESQ Charitable Trust

https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/stray-problem?fbclid=IwAR3d8fkam6VrYZnOrZLisxb4bUBCmn6JhDcOXjxtG7cWHujJmIv-tOpA5ls

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