Saturday, February 28, 2015

Baheri to paint normal dogs in blue to differentiate from killer dogs


Baheri in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, has witnessed attacks by killer dogs that have devoured as many as five children in the last 40 days and, hence, the authorities have devised a unique plan to tackle the menace. They want to paint all the normal dogs in blue to identify the killers which would, obviously, not be having the blue identification. This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 26 February 2015.
It is, no doubt, a fantastic idea but the question is of how to catch the animals and paint them in colors that would remain for at least 10 days. Hence, a suggestion has been put forth that villagers pour buckets of blue paint on the dogs.
Accordingly, a team consisting of a group of 15 villagers along with officials of the forest department and Nagar Palika will begin the painting operation. Moreover drugs will be administered to the canines to induce behavioral changes in them. These dogs would also be sterilized to control their population.
The animal activists have raised objections by saying that the villagers might end up painting the wrong set of dogs. Moreover, when buckets full of color are poured on dogs, the paint could get into their eyes – then there could be blind dogs around!!
Wonder why no one wants to catch the rogue dogs – their numbers would be much less than the normal ones.

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