Scare
of stray dogs
Sir,
The number
of stray animals (dogs and cows) in whole
of Jammu city is increasing day by day
thereby increasing a great risk of life
to all of us, particularly, to the school
going children. The reason behind
accompanying the students by their
elders, daily in the morning from home to
bus stop for schools and vice versa, is
only that in the way/street there are
stray animals who may attack the
children.
So far as
the stray dogs' threat is concerned that
is not to be taken so lightly. It may
claim the precious life of any of us and
even the affect is the strong and painful
rabies- injections coupled with lot of
side affects for no fault of innocents.
Not only
this, even the cow dung and excretion of
dogs scattered in the streets and on the
roads is also posing a great nuisance so
far as sanitation and hygiene of people
is concerned.
In this
behalf sometimes back my mother on
reading the help line notice of
Municipality in a local newspaper, had
approached them telephonically with this
grievance, but the concerned authorities
expressed their inability so far as dogs
were concerned, by saying that they
cannot kill the stray dogs because of the
directions and guidelines given by the
then Union Minister Ms Menka Gandhi.
Whereas stray cows and bulls are
concerned those were ensured to be
checked.
Anyway,
matter must not be closed here by giving
one excuse or the other, without any
solution. Besides other measures, which
the concerned authorities may evolve, one
idea can be to lift all the stray dogs
from the city to be kept at a specific
place known as 'Zoo'/'kennel' specially
meant for dogs. Hope my idea or even any
other idea of authorities shall prevail
to save all of us from the fearful menace
of these stray animals, particularly from
dogs.
Yours etc...
D S Shubham.
Student of KC Public School,
Jammu.
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