But What’s The Point Of Putting The Dogs Back After Sterilisation? Doesn’t The Problem Just Continue?
No, when dogs are sterilised and put back in their own area, the population and the problems caused by dogs both reduce. Here’s how:
- Each dog guards its own territory and does not allow new dogs to enter.
- Since they are all neutered, they no longer mate or multiply.
- The main factors leading to dog aggression – migration and mating - are eliminated. So dog-fights reduce dramatically.
- With the decrease in fighting, bites to humans also decrease.
- Since females no longer have pups to protect, this source of dog aggression is also eliminated.
- Over a period of time, as the sterilised dogs die natural deaths, the population is greatly reduced.
Please remember, there is NO overnight solution to the stray dog issue. It is simply not possible to wish all the dogs away. With sterilisation, the population becomes stable, non-breeding and non-rabid and decreases over time. It also becomes largely non-aggressive. On the other hand, when dogs are removed or killed, new dogs keep entering an area and the population is continuously changing, unstable, aggressive, multiplies at a high rate and carries rabies. Which method makes more sense?
