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The War on Dogs

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Stray dogs are a real issue in developing countries like Russia and India. They can be aggressive since they're wild animals.

Even if they're not killed, the strays have fight for survival on their own. Even in developed countries like the US, there are more dogs that need to be adopted than people to adopt them, so many are left in shelters and some are euthanized because the shelters don't have enough resources to care for them.

The common argument seems to be neuter and spay. See https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/yr20xj/how_do_we_add...

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Stray dogs are a real issue in developing countries like Russia and India. They can be aggressive since they're wild animals. Even if they're not killed, the strays have fight for survival on their own. Even in developed countries like the US, there are more dogs that need to be adopted than people to adopt them, so many are left in shelters and some are euthanized because the shelters don't have enough resources to…

Rabies is also rampant in India (not sure about Russia)

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For me, the modern war on dogs is that I can only walk my dog in my neighborhood (I live near the beach), before 7am and after 6pm. I get it, there are plenty of bad dog owners. It is still just a bummer that a few bad seeds ruin the fun for everyone else.

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post #4

For me, the modern war on dogs is that I can only walk my dog in my neighborhood (I live near the beach), before 7am and after 6pm. I get it, there are plenty of bad dog owners. It is still just a bummer that a few bad seeds ruin the fun for everyone else.

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post #4

For me, the modern war on dogs is that I can only walk my dog in my neighborhood (I live near the beach), before 7am and after 6pm. I get it, there are plenty of bad dog owners. It is still just a bummer that a few bad seeds ruin the fun for everyone else.

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> Dog owners can walk their dogs in 99% of public spaces

My point is that I can't walk my dog in those public spaces.

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Stray dogs are a real issue in developing countries like Russia and India. They can be aggressive since they're wild animals. Even if they're not killed, the strays have fight for survival on their own. Even in developed countries like the US, there are more dogs that need to be adopted than people to adopt them, so many are left in shelters and some are euthanized because the shelters don't have enough resources to…

This is interesting. Stray cats and dogs are all over Istanbul but the city appears to take care of them collectively. The government keeps them all up to date on shots etc., and there are little bowls and kennels all over the place hosted by citizens and cats loll about the stores.

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>when it was unclear how easily pets could transmit the virus to humans, the UK government considered ‘that we might have to ask the public to exterminate all the cats in Britain’. Three years on, the mere suggestion of a cat cull was met with horror.

History repeats itself

> The British pet massacre was an event in the United Kingdom in 1939 in which over 750,000 pets were killed in preparation for food shortages during World War II.

> Estimates say that over 750,000 pets were killed over the course of the event. Many pet owners, after getting over the fear of bombings and lack of food, regretted killing their pets and blamed the government for starting the hysteria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_pet_massacre

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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> Dog owners can walk their dogs in 99% of public spaces My point is that I can't walk my dog in those public spaces.

In that small sample of very specific public places, yes, you are restricted. So go walking literally anywhere else.
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