Why Don’t You Dog-Lovers Just Keep All These Stray Dogs In Your Own Homes?

Dog-lovers have not created the stray dog population. They merely try to minimise it through sterilisation, and to keep it rabies-free through vaccination. Moreover, even if a lot of stray dogs got adopted, the basic problems of vacant territories and dog replacement would remain. (By the same logic, people who love children could be asked to keep the entire population of street children in their own homes!).

Incidentally, we have to promote the adoption of pariahs and mongrels - so if someone you know is planning to buy a pure-breed dog, try and persuade him to adopt a stray instead. Although it won’t provide a large-scale solution, you will have the satisfaction of knowing you got one dog off the street!