Who let the Kutte out?
For those of you who did not understand, Kutte means Dogs. Yeah, I mean to say Who let the Dogs out. Then why didn’t I just say Dogs? Why did I say Kutte? Because I’m talking about those kutte, who don’t deserve to be dogs. Our very own, beloved, Street Dogs.
Oops! I forgot… Street Kutte!
By reading this, Dog Lovers will try to go away. My notice to them — “Stay here. I’m not despising Street Dogs. Though I don’t absolutely adore them, I don’t hate them either. They have a right to live and I don’t want them to be killed. What I’m really talking about is the situations that let them breed in large numbers.”
Note to self — “Disclaimers made. Now start criticizing!”
Ever since I’ve been living in this colony of mine, it has been a home to a number of stray dogs. As a kid, I used to be afraid of them. When I used to see one lurking around, I would become petrified, and somebody had to rescue me from there! On top of that, those shitty dogs used to growl at me, thinking that I was their lunch for the afternoon! (Q.: Really?? | A.: Yeah, Really!) Lesson learnt — nowadays, whenever I see a small kid face-to-face with a dog, I make it a point to shoo away the culprit!
Really now. One or two dogs are tolerable, but not more than that. And certainly not when a lot of them meet up at a place and start a barking match. It gets on my nerves! Just count the dogs in the above picture. There are seven of them. Welcome to my locality!
Along with their barking, these dogs come with free litter! No matter how many steps you take to make sure the colony’s clean, these dirty animals make sure that you don’t succeed. These scavenging snitters will look for food in every garbage dump they find. Look at this:
And don’t talk to me about the fact that these Kutte consider the roads as their public toilet. I once saw dog-poo inside the hostel of a reputed college! Dogs are everywhere!
Why so many dogs?
Dogs are everywhere, because dogs are allowed to breed in our country. You can see these animals mating in almost every street, which results in a large number of puppies. Even if we allow half of them to die, still, that makes a lot of dogs. Yup, more than half of the puppies that are born are destined to die! Now that’s really sad. Most of them do not survive the vagaries of weather, especially winters. Winters in Delhi can be really harsh, which makes the going very tough for these babies.
And then we have the oh-so-cool MCD, who don’t care to sterilize street dogs so that indiscriminate breeding doesn’t happen. No, they are not allowed to kill them. Dogs once born have all the right to live! Menacing dogs should be sheltered, rabid dogs should be vaccinated, and all others should be sterilized. But hey… This is India! Here we cannot guarantee speedy solutions.
Or can we?
