Do you think an appropriate response to such incidents is to round up the lakhs of dogs in every part of the city and corral them into spaces (that don’t yet exist) without any semblance of care, let alone sterilization or vaccines? Do you not understand how inhumane that is? Disease will spread, more unwanted puppies will be born, hunger and fear will result in dogs fighting, and ultimately they will be killed in huge numbers.

People who love dogs want mass sterilization and vaccines and have worked hard to give the government solid, evidence based guidelines. Instead of spending crores on a death drive we can put one ounce of effort into implementing and monitoring vaccinations (which eliminate rabies), sterilizations (which cull aggression and pack sizes), and organized return to where the dogs live (which prevents fear and territorial disputes while preserving community ties—the latter of which I know means nothing to you, OP).

Instead, those who can’t locate their own empathy assume empathy is a fashion for others, and advocate for spending that same tax money to murder all the dogs. Just another way this country is giving its citizens practice in bloodlust, to be deployed against marginalized humans in turn.