"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated"
This is why it is all so important to me. I want to be in a world where all animals are regarded with respect. Dogs are my niche. And my life follows with complimentary conduct.
UPDATE: I have just found, whilst looking for a picture of Gandhi and a dog, a blog which describes his hatred of dogs! That would be why I couldn't find a photo of him and a dog then!
Well, it said hatred, but it was more like his opinion that stray dogs in India should be culled to stop their suffering. -And that they were a menace, but, they probably were! With his belief in reincarnation and all that, wishing death on an animal isn't quite the dreadful thing it would be to us.
"'Young India' (Oct-Dec 1926): "Perfect, erring mortals as we are, there is no course open to us but the destruction of rabid dogs. At times we may be faced with the unavoidable duty of killing even a man who is found in the act of killing people. [...] It is a thousand pities that the questions of stray dogs, etc. assume such a monstrous proportion in this sacred land of ahimsa [...] Humanity is a noble attribute of the soul. It is not exhausted with saving a few dogs. Such saving may even be sinful."
""The multiplication of dogs is unnecessary. A roving dog without an owner is a danger to society and a swarm of them is a menace to its (society's) very existence...But can we take individual charge of these roving dogs? And if we cannot, can we have a pinjarapole for them? If both these things are impossible, there seems to be no alternative except to kill them...I am, therefore, strongly of opinion that, if we would practise the religion of humanity, we should have a law making it obligatory on those who would have dogs to keep them under guard, and not allow them to stray, and making all stray dogs liable to be destroyed after a certain date." (Young India, 28.10.26)."
from http://wildlifealmanac.blogspot.com/2007/05/stray-dog-ahimsa.html
Very interesting isn't it! The stray dogs in India still pose a big problem. I don't know anywhere near enough to suggest any form of a solution! It'll be on my list of places to go and help, once I'm more learned in everything.
UPDATE: I have just found, whilst looking for a picture of Gandhi and a dog, a blog which describes his hatred of dogs! That would be why I couldn't find a photo of him and a dog then!
Well, it said hatred, but it was more like his opinion that stray dogs in India should be culled to stop their suffering. -And that they were a menace, but, they probably were! With his belief in reincarnation and all that, wishing death on an animal isn't quite the dreadful thing it would be to us.
"'Young India' (Oct-Dec 1926): "Perfect, erring mortals as we are, there is no course open to us but the destruction of rabid dogs. At times we may be faced with the unavoidable duty of killing even a man who is found in the act of killing people. [...] It is a thousand pities that the questions of stray dogs, etc. assume such a monstrous proportion in this sacred land of ahimsa [...] Humanity is a noble attribute of the soul. It is not exhausted with saving a few dogs. Such saving may even be sinful."
""The multiplication of dogs is unnecessary. A roving dog without an owner is a danger to society and a swarm of them is a menace to its (society's) very existence...But can we take individual charge of these roving dogs? And if we cannot, can we have a pinjarapole for them? If both these things are impossible, there seems to be no alternative except to kill them...I am, therefore, strongly of opinion that, if we would practise the religion of humanity, we should have a law making it obligatory on those who would have dogs to keep them under guard, and not allow them to stray, and making all stray dogs liable to be destroyed after a certain date." (Young India, 28.10.26)."
from http://wildlifealmanac.blogspot.com/2007/05/stray-dog-ahimsa.html
Very interesting isn't it! The stray dogs in India still pose a big problem. I don't know anywhere near enough to suggest any form of a solution! It'll be on my list of places to go and help, once I'm more learned in everything.
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