Posted on 08/05/2015 9:18:46 AM PDT by CharlesOConnell
Photos of a dog buried alive up to its head in France sparked an outpouring of anger on social media Wednesday, and police said the owner was taken into custody.
The dog was surrounded by stones and her lead was attached to a sack of gravel to prevent her breaking free from the earth…"shocked and dehydrated".
The 21-year-old owner … denied burying the dog, saying that the animal had run away. However, investigators said this was "not very plausible".
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by Wesley J. Smith March 7, 2008
PETA kills stray animals, even some that are adoptable. Yet, we only see the rare protest from animal liberationists against that group. But when an Indian city decides that it must poison 100,000 stray--and in some cases rabid, dogs--the rightists are outraged. From the story:Officials in Indian-Kashmir have poisoned hundreds of dogs and aim to kill all 100,000 strays in the region's main city - saying the animals pose a risk to humans and make urban life unbearable.With the world's highest rabies fatality rate, India has long struggled to control its millions of stray dogs, a problem exacerbated by rapidly growing cities and slums.Animal rights activists vowed Thursday to go to court to stop the slaughter planned by Srinagar, saying it is an illegal and cruel solution to a problem that could be addressed in other ways... Shah said the poison used, strychnine, was particularly cruel, causing terrible suffering to the dogs. Shah said he had proposed the city carry out a sterilization program instead but acknowledged that his organization had only managed to sterilize 400 dogs in the last two years.There's always "another way" for these people isn't there? But imagine the acute crisis to the public health and welfare that so many filthy, sick, flea infested, and famished stray dogs pose. What animal liberationists just don't get is that human welfare in crises like this must come before our emotional distress at the terrible prospect of poisoning so many animals.It is a profound violation of human exceptionalism that India has permitted this matter to reach the crisis stage. The dogs were owed better. But it is generally a poor country and we should be charitable.If animal rightists are so concerned, they will send in their pennies and dimes to help pay for a mass neutering program--which seems to me should also be part of this disturbing but clearly necessary program. But in the meantime, the public health must be protected.
Canine honor-stoning?
Muslims don’t like dogs.
the dogs owner jacques chitt could not be reached for comment?
Putting the dogs down was certainly justified using poison was not. It would have been better to shoot the dogs if you had someone who knew how to do it mercifully.
Shoot 100,000 dogs?!?
By the time you found 1/10 of the them to shoot, the rest would have bred the population up to 150,000. You’d never win.
You are right it would be impractical but poisoning is such a cruel death there has to be a more merciful alternative. Poison also poses a danger to people.
“there has to be a more merciful alternative”
Why does there have to be? Often the best practical solution still falls far short of perfect.
I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t like dogs.
I don’t see any connection between this comment and the article.
Totally agree. People who dislike dogs are people with potentially dangerous problems.
The dog I had when I was a kid disappeared three or four times not to return for a week or more. He finally returned one time with four or five pups that looked a whole lot like him. Absent on a mission of love I guess. The owners story is plausible.
Falls short of perfect is a bit of an understatement. I will mention again that it also poses a danger to people and even pets who are not a threat to public health.
Strychnine poisoning is a very cruel way to die. It causes intense suffering. It is extremely inhumane. So yes a better way has to be found.
“I will mention again that it also poses a danger to people and even pets who are not a threat to public health.”
Pets, perhaps, but if their owners are letting them run around and eat food laying around, then they are little better than strays anyway.
As for people? Put a sign up with a skull and crossbones, so even illiterates will know not to eat the stuff. If they ignore that, then it’s no loss to the gene pool.
“Strychnine poisoning is a very cruel way to die. It causes intense suffering. It is extremely inhumane.”
Meh, rat poison is a cruel way to die, yet nobody cries for the rats. I have little sympathy for arguments that hinge on the cuteness of the creature you are applying them too.
“I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t like dogs.”
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Ditto !
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Then were done here. Enjoy your evening.
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