It’s hard to fathom how a human being can do such a savage thing to a dog. But this happened this week in Pakistan. According to animal rescue TWS, this poor dog was beaten almost to death because some locals thought she had rabies.
But this is nothing new. It happens every day. A quick glance at TWS’s Twitter account will show you as much in many, many graphic images and videos.
The good people behind this account spend their day begging for attention. Begging for animal lovers around the world to raise their voices in the hope of pushing for change in Pakistan.
A lot of us do. But it’s just not enough. In the year 2022, there is still unconscionable evil in this world. It’s not just in Pakistan. It’s a global thing. But in Pakistan, it is daily. And it is violent. Why?
We can claim that this sort of action is out of ignorance. But ignorance does not make you a heartless being with no feeling for a fellow sentient being.
Is it some religious thing? A caste thing? What is it?
Sure, we could fundraise and spend the money on a national advertising campaign about what it means to be humane. We can even fundraise to raise education levels in a country where the vast, vast majority has such limited education no thanks to weak and corrupt politicians.
Or, maybe, we could pay to publish ads across the country’s most prominent media outlets to publish a deluge of graphic images of all the evil, savage things our animal rescues in Pakistan have to live with every single day.
But, will that solve the problem?
Maybe we can even try another way – we can invest in animal shelters and create well-paid jobs in the animal welfare sector. That will get a lot of people looking in.
We can buy land to build shelters. We can hire people to support these not-for-profit rescues, with a good salary covered by the fund. Will that change hearts and minds? Enough for us to stop seeing this?
Help me understand how we can best proceed.
Animal rescues in Pakistan work daily with foreign animal rescues to find adopters in other countries. Transferring a dog or cat to another country costs hundreds each.
I don’t see how taking hundreds of dogs and cats a year to other countries like Canada, the UK or US will solve this problem. Is that not money we could make better use of for a more sustainable outcome?
I’m not arguing it is the solution. I am simply leaving it here, so a discourse can begin.
Leave your opinion below. Share this with fellow animal lovers. Let’s try to find a solution.
