Should Stray Dogs Be Banned

Nowadays the problem of stray dogs is an important issue. We can see it everywhere, on the roads, countryside, in front of schools. In a newspaper called 'early TIMES', it was stated that globally there are an estimated 500 million dogs, of which approximately 80% are stray or unwanted. Governmental stray control programs may be brutal and based on inhumane methods of killing. Many people in our society dislike stray dogs and think they should be banned. They say things like “They are dirtying our streets”, “They bite people and spread diseases”; "They should be removed from here". People who have good hearts and love animals say “Dogs have a right to live too”, “You cannot take those poor little puppies from their mother"; "They are living creatures, you cannot treat them like they have no life". Both

By doing this, it affects not only the dogs, but humans are also at risk. Small children, or homeless people might think its good food and may pick up the poisoned meat. Bodies of poisoned dogs will pile up on the streets and people will have to go clean them up. Poisoning stray dogs are not doing a service for the city. Instead, it is putting families and their pets in danger. Municipal records show that between 2500 to 3000 dogs were killed every month last year. Before they die, the animals suffer a long and painful death, due to inner bleedings caused by the poison. It is a violation of Buddhist teachings that forbid the taking of a life. U Thet Wai, a spokesperson for the committee’s Veterinary and Slaughterhouses Department stated in the Myanmar Times, that they have to kill the dogs because it is their duty, to clean the dogs and prevent the spread of rabies. The group goes street by street, poisoning street dogs. Some residents regularly feed the street dogs and become attached to them. To avoid conflicts and problems with the residents, the poisoning is usually done in the