#BEINDIANBARKINDIAN Some folks I know called in to report a pet shop that was keeping pups terribly. Of course, that hadnt bothered them at the time they were buying one there but only after theyd discovered their purchase was sickly, and then faced a fuss whilst trying to return him. There are many ways to acquire a dog but buying one has to be the worst. Puppy mills, pet stores, and dog breeders are part of a truly vicious, exploitatve chain. Dont let your money keep them in business. Dread Mill: A puppy mill refers to any place that produces dogs for profit. No attention is paid to the animals, their food, living conditions or medical care. They are simply treated as products to be multiplied and marketed. Puppy mills are not large facilities. In India, they operate out of slums and are run by criminals who regularly steal pets for their dhandha. The dogs are crammed into stacked up cages, hardly fed and never exercised. Heat cycle after heat cycle, they are bred, allowing the female little or no time to recover before being impregnated again. In-breeding is rampant: Fathers with daughters, brothers with sisters, and the resultant offspring suffer from severe behavioural and genetic medical problems. Those that are unsaleable, are simply thrown in the trash. In Delhi, there used to be people hanging around hotels that shoved puppies at you as casually as pens and hankies! You still find them beneath Shahadara Bridge selling puppies out of a sack. The down price on one of these may not seem much but in the long run youll be paying heavily in terms of healthcare and heartache. Gore Store: The pet store is a natural, noxious extension of the puppy mill. Theyre mushrooming in all our our markets boasting fish in ghastly glass prisons; hamsters that will live and die as novelty items, and little, lonely puppies. Sooo cute! No, sooo cruel! The pups in a pet store might look okay, but theyve only been cosmetically cleaned up-shampooed and shining for sale. In actual fact, theyre treated as poorly as in the pet mill whence they came small and sickly. I was yanked into one such shop in Khan Market by my daughter who regularly harangues pet traders, to find a single puppy tied up inside a cage with neither food nor water. When we asked for the mandatory licence to sell, of course the guy claimed the puppy as his own, not for sale. Worse, he insisted that the absence of a water bowl was on the vets advice which was disproven upon calling the vet. But it is this kind of deceit and disregard for life, both human and animal, that marks any kind of animal trade. Beastly Breeders: Many so-called respectable people breed dogs for sale. The former chief minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje, runs a Rottweiler business in Dehradun. These backyard breeders are no better than any puppy mill. Many of them supply pet shops and none of them follow any of the practices of responsible breeding where the emphasis is not on profit, but on where the puppies end up. Responsible breeders would closely question and often refuse if prospective buyers cannot provide suitable conditions for the animal. If approved, buyers would be required to sign a contract where they agree to: Immediately sterilise a dog bought for companion purposes only; notify the breeder of any medical conditions that the dog develops; notify the breeder if they have to get rid of the dog so that a new home can be found and so on. The attempt would be to ensure the safety and well-being of the animal just as you would for a child. Unfortunately, this doesnt happen and least of all, in India. Instead this is what you find: Pick a Pup: The breeder is willing to sell you any puppy you want, no questions asked. You pay your money and you take your puppy and your chances. The breeder neither asks questions, nor answers any. He neither knows the puppys lineage, nor has any health records. There is no documentation, not even payment receipts with most transactions being in cash or black money. Prices are negotiable and haggled over as keenly as if trading in vegetables and fruit. Rescued Dogs and Roadies: ๐๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐. Many shelters allow you to play with a dog and spend some time with it before you make the final decision as to whether or not you want to adopt it - they want to make sure the fit is just right! If your city doesnt have a shelter, simply help yourself off the street. Roadies scrub up real pretty and make the best friends of all. PETAs Be Indian Bark Indian campaign encourages Indians to become the proud owners of 100% asli Indian dogs. The best people have Desi dogs. Maneka Gandhi has 17 rescued dogs in her home, Navtej Johar has 6, Pritish Nandy has 2. Om Puri had an Indian dog that lived for 14 years, Shatrughan Sinhas family has only Indian dogs. Aamir Khan has adopted one from a village near where he was shooting while nephew Imran has taken in an abandoned pet. Having an Indian dog is perhaps the best social statement you can make as it proclaims you to be bright, generous and self confident. In fact, almost as purty as your pooch! Ambika Shukla Director Media & Communications, PETA India. ^^๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ด๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ด ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ.^^
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 13:47:28 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015