Savage Humans and Stray Dogs: A study in Aggression

by Hiranmay Karlekar

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The mass slaughter of stray dogs at Bangalore and elsewhere in Karnataka in 2007. outraged animal lovers throughout India. While the killing of two children, attributed. to such animals, was profoundly tragic, the authorities` response was both cruel. and counter-productive in terms of a strategy for controlling stray dog populations. Savage Humans and Stray Dogs: A Study in Aggression explores the entire. gory train of events in detail and argues that there might have been more to. it than show more met the eye. The book looks at human aggression and the entire range. of relations between human and non show less

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Hiranmay Karlekar, a distinguished Indian journalist, is Consultant Editor of The Pioneer and, currently, a member of the Animal Welfare Board of India, India's apex governmental body dealing with animal welfare. He frequently writes on animals in his column which appears in The Pioneer every Thursday and has also written about them in The Tribune show more and the Outlook magazine show less

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Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality
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179.30954Philosophy & psychologyEthicsOther ethical normsTreatment of animalsAnimal rights
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HV4858 .K37Social sciencesSocial pathology. Social and public welfare. CriminologySocial pathology. Social and public welfare.Protection, assistance and reliefProtection of animals. Animal rights. Animal
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