Stray dog looking for food
Probably you think that solving the stray dogs problem require mass murder, a lot of money, protests and all the fuss. I beg to differ. Here is why…
1. Fact
Uneducated and indisciplined people throw more garbage and wastes on the street, including food.
2. Fact
Our wastes become the food for stray dogs. They don’t hunt. They don’t chew on tree bark or graze grass. They eat human food.
3. Fact
With a reliable food source individuals of any species will increase in numbers.
Without a reliable food source individuals of any species will decrease in numbers.
Without any source of food a specie will go extinct.
Problem
People feeding stray dogs. An established food chain that makes the existence of stray dogs possible.
Solution
Break the food chain.
Proposal
Enforce laws that punish throwing or depositing food wastes in accessible places.
Dogs have to eat every day. Hire a bunch of men (as few as possible) to follow stray dogs in order to determine their food source. Apply fines greater enough to cover the expenses.
The search pattern should be from the center of the city towards the suburbs of the city. Use bikes for mobility.
Also acquire some mobile phones and publish the numbers. This will allow ordinary people to report improper food disposal so a much faster pinpointing of the food source will be possible.
Why use as few people as possible? The purpose of this plan is to drive the stray dogs out of the city and reduce their number gradually. A sudden drop in food supply all around the city will probably make stray dogs take desperate actions in order to survive. I don’t like the idea of dogs taking a bike out of our asses.
A zero-budget solution: the state is already paid for creating and enforcing laws, the fines should cover the expenses.
Expected results
No food on the streets. No stray dogs on the streets.
A large amount of money well not spent.
Ethics
“Letting animals starve to death is unethical.” This would be the subject of an never-ending debate. Ethics concerns its self about right and wrong. I’m not concerned about those. Because right and wrong are the cause of conflicts. I’m not concerned about those neither.
But if you are concerned about ethics, ask your self these:
- Is killing rats with poison ethical? They also die in pain.
- Is letting other people starve to death ethical? 5 million per year die of starvation.
- Is throwing away food ethical? Ecosystems are being destroyed in order to clear land for farming.
- Is letting other people being threaten or attacked by stray dogs ethical? Other people are the ones that provide for you food and shelter.
- Is letting stray dogs live in a hostile environment ethical? Constant rejection from people creates constant suffering in stray dogs.
- Is letting wild animals starve to death ethical? In many areas or periods of time wild animals starved to death. Aren’t stray dogs wild animals?