Thursday, 9 June 2016

Animals in Bangalore




On the ride back to the office yesterday, I talked to my boss about Bangalore. She's a vegan and she told me a lot about the problems Bangalore is having with animals. Like I never bothered questioning why Bangalore had so many cows walking around??? People will artificalially inceminate cows so that they lactate and can take and sell the milk that the cow provides, and when the cow isn't able to lactate anymore, they JUsT LeT THe cOw gO on tHE sTreEt?!?!?!? And the government doesn't have the monetary means to solve the problem and the citizens have no where to put them, so it just leaves the cows to wonder the streets of Bangalore. Similarly, Bangalore has a problem with an over population of stray dogs, there's at least one stray dog every block or so and none of them have gotten their shots or sterilized. My boss told me that every so often, when the population gets too high, the government will collect as many stray dogs as they can and they either POISON THEM ALL OR LET THEM LOOSE TO STARVE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. Yesterday, when we were doing field work, there was a monkey chilling on top of the building, and it was so so cute. There are families of monkeys that have lost their habitat as Bangalore has continued to urbanize and expand, and since it's the only place they know, they don't leave. And all of this is just so sad and horrible BECAUSE WHAT THEY FUCK, WHO LET THIS ALL HAPPEN AND GET TO THE STATE THAT IT IS NOW???

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