Between Tails and Truth
Of late, I’ve been seeing endless discussions about the recent Supreme Court orders regarding the establishment of dog shelters and the relocation of stray dogs. What saddens me is not the ruling itself—it is the way the conversation has unfolded. The debates are filled with extreme positions, with little space for nuance, compassion, or logic. And in this storm of opinions, my own mind finds itself divided. On one side lies humanitarianism , the belief that every living being has the right to space and survival. Dogs, after all, have lived alongside humans for thousands of years. They are our companions, protectors, and, as we often call them, man’s best friend. Shouldn’t they too have the right to share our cities? But on the other side stands human logic and science —the realities we cannot ignore. Stray dogs on the streets are not the abandoned pets of yesterday. Generations have passed, and what we now see are animals born and bred on the streets. They survive not because w...