India/Bangalore: Animal vengeance

'The brutality with which street dogs in the city are being captured, tortured and culled since last fortnight is shocking'

15 March 2007

American inventor Thomas Edison had thrown light on the nature of civilisation when he once said, “Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” This savagery is being played out in the streets of Bangalore. This frenzy is a retaliation to the mauling of two children, in separate incidents, by a pack of street dogs. While the grief of the families of the deceased is great, what is worrying is that the outrage against all stray dogs has the total backing of the Karnataka government.

In fact, it has been the chief instigator of this pogrom against the animals....

Source: Animal vengeance