Video summary
The video transcript highlights the intense public debate in India following the Supreme Court's directive regarding stray dogs, revealing a deep divide between animal welfare advocates and ordinary citizens concerned with safety. While some segments depict protesters carrying candles for dogs and criticizing the government's harsh measures like mass culling, others express fear and frustration over aggressive animals biting people and children. The core conflict centers on whether the solution lies in capturing all strays to place them in shelters or in a more nuanced approach that balances public safety with animal welfare. Many citizens argue that not every dog is dangerous, noting that those fed by locals rarely attack, whereas unfed dogs often become aggressive due to hunger, suggesting that the root cause of aggression is neglect rather than inherent nature.
Critics of the government's proposed mass sterilization and shelter plans point out significant logistical flaws, such as the lack of existing infrastructure and the impossibility of building shelters quickly enough to handle millions of animals. The transcript illustrates a common sentiment that indiscriminately catching all dogs will lead to overcrowded facilities where animals suffer or die, while also failing to address the specific issue of aggressive individuals. Instead, the discussion leans towards a targeted approach where only proven aggressors are removed after medical treatment, while others are managed through community feeding and vaccination programs. This perspective emphasizes that punishing the entire population of stray dogs for the actions of a few is unjust, especially when many residents already coexist peacefully with these animals in their neighborhoods.
The dialogue further explores the societal responsibility involved, questioning why the public does not take more initiative to care for strays while simultaneously demanding government action. Participants suggest that a pilot project could be implemented to catch and treat only the most problematic dogs rather than executing a massive, untested operation that could collapse under its own weight. There is a strong call for education among parents and children to prevent unnecessary conflicts, alongside better medical support like rabies vaccinations and sterilization services provided by the government. The consensus emerging from these conversations is that a sustainable solution requires collaboration between dog feeders, local authorities, and the public, focusing on humane management rather than fear-based reactions or unrealistic mass relocation schemes.
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You don't have to do anything. They
took away the buses full of people. The policemen here are
stopping and arresting people by beating them with sticks. DGP and
all the ministers arrived. To the
people?
Yes.
Or the dogs? They
took the men, not the dogs. They
walk on the road carrying candles
for dogs but they slaughter goats and
eat them like this.
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three four.
Those who are protesting. He wants to
ask me, do you do anything for them? They are
killing here too. Some people
come and break someone's leg, he
protects him. My next door neighbor doesn't.
Today, by putting up that story, he just
creates an atmosphere that we are dog lovers, we are this, this, that. Nothing like that.
People don't get along with people around them.
How will he support animals?
Sir, this is not the most troublesome work
because of the dogs.
But the order that has just come is to pick up all the dogs.
You are in his favor.
We will be in favor because we are all
terrified. At this time it
seems as if Delhi has been divided into two parts. On
one side are dog lovers and on the other side
are the rest of the people of Delhi. But what
is the reality? Let's go to the streets of Delhi to know more.
Like you're standing with this dog. Do you
know this? I do
n't even know you. Similarly, we do
not know this also.
So you are not afraid of this.
It has bitten you. If I am
not scared of you then why should I be scared of this
?
So there is so much uproar in Delhi
regarding dogs.
Hey friend, there is a ruckus in Delhi for dogs. There is
chaos in Delhi for many things.
What is your opinion about this?
This must happen in a planned way.
That if you go to a park and a
pet bites someone, then
somewhere the public's interest and the
interest of the dogs will have to be
balanced.
What do you think is the solution to this
? The
solution to this is obviously not to
pick everyone up and put them in a shelter at one place.
Cases come for everything.
That happens with everything, doesn't it? There are races too, but
in rape it is not like that everyone is picked up and
thrown somewhere. Meaning, this thing should be implemented.
Closing is not a session. This session
removes those dogs that bite.
Take a review and see which ones are there who
bite everyone while coming and going or those who are of aggressive
nature, remove them. Those who are not of
aggressive nature, if there is a thief even in the quiet evening or night, then the
poor guys take care of their safety as well as ours.
Everyone will have to take it the same way.
How do you know which dog will bite and
which will not? So how will you decide
sir? So who will you get this review from? The
people on the street where they live will
tell them that yes brother, this is a bit like that, this is a
bit good, let it be or you will have to
work a little hard.
Yes, this much is true, like the straight dogs in our street do
not say anything to me.
Let them recognize me. Let's see what we can see from their smell.
But as soon as a
delivery boy comes, they run after the poor guy.
So what do you do in such a situation? One has to
stand for a long time or if there is
some helmet or helmet then one has to be scared. Have
you ever tried throwing water on them?
No, never water.
Or another way is that if you
keep some biscuits, throw them on them.
So sir, if they also do that then for how long will the entire society keep
distributing biscuits
? You should also see this. I
found out that I don't have to earn that much. Half the salary will be
spent on biscuits. The second thing is
that if a shelter is built inside the society then there will be no
problem. If it is
closed in the evening and remains
open from evening till night in the morning, then there is
no problem. Don't bother in the morning.
You don't care about us. But I have seen that
these dogs also bite the labour class people. So that is the problem.
Put it down.
As you feel comfortable.
No one can know dogs more closely than today because they sit and eat with us.
This is what they roam around. Would wake up at seven or eight.
I sit there and eat. A
couple of dogs come with me. I feed that much food to the
dog. Daily knows. I will come in the
morning. They come,
ask me, and sit near me.
Street dogs should be adopted. Doing these things in such a way
that you get bored and you should not do all these things.
All the rich people among us
keep a dog at home. The
middle class families outside
who are not able to get food, he
bites them here because they are the ones who live
on the road.
Because it's like a dog sitting here. You are
not afraid that it will bite you.
No. He knows this
but so many unknown people must be passing through here every day. It
is Connaught Place after all. So he doesn't bother
them. Look
what he is saying, he is
sitting in front of you and
saying something, does it bite you or not, it does not bite, it does
not bite us, so you do not feel
scared, we do not feel
scared, he is a human being, he is a farmer's
son, why should we feel scared, it is useful, so what the
government is saying that they will arrest everyone is wrong, the
government works as per its mood, we are not
acting as per its mood, you
know, they are not acting as per their mood,
they are saying that they are arresting you because you bite people, no, no, they do
not bite us, did
you ever personally have a problem
with a dog,
I was on a wheelchair and two-
three dogs got very vicious,
but it was God's grace that no one came near me
because I am on a wheelchair, they also
feel strange, what kind of creature is this,
you did not get angry at that time and say
remove the dogs, what nonsense is this,
no, you did not get so angry, I was scared
and there was relief that they went away without attacking, but
still you will say that do not remove everyone, that is
wrong. Yes, somewhere or the other,
if nature has created a species
and it is living with humans for thousands of years, then
somewhere or the other it must have a deeper
meaning, but
suppose I do not care about dogs, okay,
I want to see that the roads are safe for my children,
yes sir,
you have children,
yes sir, I have two daughters, sir,
so now you think about them, your two
sons and you want the roads to be safe and if a
dog barks in your street,
yes sir,
someone else hits you and says it is enough, he is
not even looking at the
dog, what should be done about
that dog, at least I feel that the
government should
give it some treatment. He should be taken away.
Then give him medicines etc. and let him
stay in such an environment so that
he gets well. His behavior may change a little.
But this particular thing
happens only to him and not to everyone, sir. Not everyone should do this.
Why?
Everyone should not be treated in the same way. If
one person is wrong, it does not mean that you will call all the people
wrong.
What about the children who are attacked when that happens
?
How old is he?
Three.
Three. So since you have a three year old with you,
I want to know that
yes, it is definitely
necessary to catch stray dogs up to a limit. The government
should take responsibility to vaccinate the
dogs and create dedicated places for them and
feeding centres. If the dog is
not hungry, it will not attack anyone.
Obviously, we also become
irritable when we are hungry. So same with
animals.
You said the opposite and these people are saying that it is the
fault of the feeders. But you are saying that if he is
hungry he attacks. So
is there a feeder? There are dogs downstairs in our society
, there are stray dogs. We feed them.
He does not attack anyone. There are
dogs in the next lane and no one feeds them.
They attack.
So do you think we
need to educate people about dogs
?
Absolutely needed.
What do children do? Children mess with
dogs. So all that should not be done.
Parents should also get some familiarization done.
So it goes both ways. Children
should also understand. Parents should also educate their
children. Last time my
child came here for internship. That was for
a month. He has been
bitten by a dog. He must have done something. it's
sure. It is a street dog. He does
n't know who is loving me
or who is coming to kill me. I bit him in the same.
So when you got bitten, were you not afraid of rabies
? There is
treatment for rabies. We got the treatment done.
Got the injection.
Got an injection. Got treatment done. So, there is a
narrative that there are only a few
dog lovers and everyone else
hates dogs. Do you think so? No no, not like that.
Together we
form a society. I also have the right to
live in this place. He also has the right to
live in this place. He is not a wild animal. A
wild animal may trouble you
or you may get troubled by it.
But here the pets that
live around the house should also have their own
freedom. It means it
is very difficult to say what arrangements will be there now.
Now they are putting this dog, it must be due to some
safety issue. The government must be thinking
about this. So what's the problem with that
? Some place has been made for which they are
keeping it, they will keep it there. I will feed you something.
He is not even eating anything here. The dogs in our street die
in the cold and who is safe here? They are
killing here too. If some people
come and break someone's leg, then if the
car goes at speed and runs, it is gone.
He also gets suppressed. This will be better for the dogs.
I am the only one who believes in the meaning of this thing,
maybe you too might believe it. You
believe that whatever the government is doing is good.
I think the result will be better.
If the government could catch so many dogs and take them to the shelter, then
why did they never catch them and vaccinate them?
Why didn't you give him rabies injections? Let me tell you one thing. We will
catch you and take you away right now. Who
knows, if they do everything, if they are not able to keep them, then they can do
everything by vaccinating them and then
release them. This could also be one.
You have no problem with that.
Why would there be a problem if he leaves it back?
No, there is no problem now, it will happen only then.
Everything is fine.
Well, you are not having any problem right now?
I don't have any problem. There is no
problem with this thing. We live
in Gurgaon. He is from Bihar.
Dogs roam around like this in our place. This is how the cow
moves around.
Why do you think the court gave its decision then?
I know that this decision of the Supreme Court is
not going to yield anything. Why so? There are
no shelters.
So they will build shelters. It is
not possible to build a shelter so quickly. It
is so difficult to run it and it
is practically not possible.
Like they picked up dogs from here in
Delhi. Picked up one dog each. So now the
remaining dogs will come here.
Gradually there will be no one to stop them here.
Like seven years will come from Gurgaon. He will
come down.
Hey brother, tell me that if you
see them in Gurgaon then assume that the dogs of Gurgaon have come
here. Let's accept it. Like
what will be the work of MCD people in future? This will become a
job for everyone. Those poor people will do the
same work now. Will pick it up every day, will keep it every day,
will pick it up every day, will keep it every day.
And those who are in shelters
got separate jobs and they got good jobs.
And this shelter, you think its
capacity is unlimited.
Dude, I've never seen a shelter. The
government has just brought these rules. Now it is
not known whether it will flop or what it will do. Can I
show you a video of a shelter? No. No.
Don't show me the shelter video.
I am not saying
what the government has done and what it has not done. You will
keep all the dogs together. They will become
aggressive and kill each other.
In Bigg Boss, 16 people
cannot get along in one house. A shelter will be built for dogs. These
people walk on the road carrying candles for dogs but they slaughter goats and eat them, sir.
But one thing is there. There
are swings, sir.
I have a point that like let's say most
people,
yes.
So only I, my wife and my child do
not think beyond this. Many people will say let's
think about our stomach also. There are many who are
thinking about the street dog. So this
circle of amp should increase so that today they are
thinking about the street dog. We would like
him to think about goats, chickens and cows also. So
that's why I left everything
in the last two years.
Any animal products you didn't eat?
She doesn't eat anything.
So you are saying that you are against it.
This is what is happening to dogs. Now you are
not scared for Kabir?
You He Loves Animals. He likes it.
So good. You are getting the right values.
You are lucky. What would you say to those whose
children have been bitten by dogs? Look,
accidents happen everywhere. There are also human to
human relationships. It also happens intentionally, so that
we talk about rapes and other things these days.
But this is one such animal.
Our intelligence is greater than ours. Even
if it has bitten us, we should get
ourselves vaccinated. Get them fully medically
treated and I would request the government to get
them vaccinated and sterilized instead of
throwing them away, as is being said about
sending them to shelters which do not even
exist.
You are thinking about dogs, but
what about the people who are bitten by dogs?
So only one side of the picture is
always shown that the dog has bitten.
Someone might have troubled him before that. It is possible that
the person did not do it, someone else might have troubled him earlier and
killed him. So he
cut it off. He got scared.
Let me agree with you. This is like a
villain thing. I was not like that. The
world made me. The dog
became the villain.
Ok.
But I didn't make it.
But obviously I will also
bear it.
So what should I do now?
But he is one in 100. Yes.
100% of the people should not be punished for that thing.
What should happen with that one?
So they should take that one somewhere with them.
Treat him. Those who are starting such big
shelters should
start a pilot project and first
start taking them away by fluttering them. Instead of
picking up all 100,
start by picking up just 10 as a pilot
project first.
So with the pilot project Problematic Dogs.
I want to ask those who are protesting that why don't you do something for them
? You should make some shelter for them
or make something where they can
spend most of their time. People should feed them whoever
wants to feed them there itself, so you
adopt a sort of a locality, okay we will do it
in this locality, the government should also
help them,
if I understand correctly then you are saying that the
government should allot some land in every neighborhood,
but what you are saying at the mass level that
we will build shelters and will pick up lakhs of dogs and put them there, that is
not possible, this will not work, those who
care for people,
whether because of compassion or because of religion,
they should do something,
they should do something and the rest of the public should
also support them and the government
too. The
government also. We have
a complaint against you. Do you feed them,
because of that the population is increasing.
So you get it sterilized?
I have sterilized 400 dogs in four years.
No one supports us in this. If we
call MCD 100 times,
our call is heard only once.
We also have to tempt them by saying, brother, come. If
any of these dogs get eaten because it may happen
and the public complains
that you feed them.
18 dogs are kept in shelters like this.
So you think this is the solution.
This is the greatest solution.
Catch the aggressive dogs and take help from feeders. There are
many dog lovers who say that do
not even take an aggressive dog because
because of that aggressive one, your 20 lovely
dogs are also travelling. We are
not picking him up and killing him. Not throwing away.
We are sheltering him, right?
We are also giving him food. We are
also going to meet him. He is not aggressive with us.
If he attacks someone, he knows that
one dog out of 100 is aggressive
because of its history. He is treated
unfairly.
But we will have to provide a solution to even one of those 100. The
feeder will have to do it. He is a dog lover
but lives with his family. We also have
elders and children in our house. We
know the value. We also understand the value of human life.
You were bitten by a dog,
someone hit me but luckily I had a
very fat lower.
When did this happen?
This happened about 2 years ago.
So this happened to you only once in your life.
Yes, this happened to me once in my life.
So basically you are facing traffic jam every day. Yes.
You are facing polluted air every day. The
dog caught you once in your 74 years of life.
Yes.
So then our focus
being only on the dog is a bit weird. It
is very weird. What is a little? I am
telling you that all of a sudden a group gets
activated which sees that no
one is asking me. So let's
raise this issue. The
real thing is this. The
people of our India are the most
incompetent, stupid and foolish people. One should
speak from the heart. We also speak.
Bad people speak loudly.
Okay, shut up.
Keep quiet, this will happen, it will happen.
What will happen to us?
Which of the two situations do you think is better: either the
people who are going to deliver the food should
carry biscuits and water bottles with them
or millions of dogs should be caught and
locked in shelters where they will
die of hunger.
No sir, even an animal cannot be left hungry like this without proper arrangements.
If there is
no management for it, then even
after so much trouble you are saying that brother,
if he is being starved then no. Yes, if you are
starving me then it is not better
sir because it is also a living thing so I have to go
inside it also. Thank
you.
What I don't understand is that now when they are facing
real problems, they are also ready to
adjust. Anles Bhai, if some
good arrangements are made for them then how can many people be so
bad that
they want to fill the shelters with dogs without any arrangements.
So I observed that
most of the people are thinking that this shelter
scheme will not work. What will work
is sterilization and vaccinations
which can be done better with the help of dog feeders.
But yes,
if the
government is concerned about the public, wherever a dog becomes aggressive, then they will have to provide
an animal control helpline.
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