Dear Editor,
I refer to SN, Feb 15, ‘Dog breeder dies after North Ruimveldt shooting.’
Dog-breeding is a pitiful trade that should be illegal for a country with a growing population of street dogs that continue to reproduce. People who breed dogs using tactical breeding methods where puppies are born to mothers who have an excessive number of pregnancies for the purpose of selling to earn a living, are downright unconscionable.
The Guyana puppy mills operated under bottom houses and in yards and enclosures are increasing the street population.
The loyal common breeds who faithfully served, are strayed by owners to accommodate the likes of small-breed fancies and special breeds, with emphasis on the pit bull. Some owners of pit bulls may wager them in the bloody underground dog-fighting circle to applause and cheers. People are entertained by these creatures which are bred to viciously destroy each other. I shall hope the stakes are a handful of sins and not money.
North America’s puppy mills illegally operated by insensitive humans, are often exposed by way of informants, and investigated by law enforcement.
They reveal the appalling conditions that puppies endure prior to sale which outraged animal rights activists consider cruelty. Fortunately, the perpetrators are brought to justice, severe penalties imposed and all the puppies seized are handed over to animal shelters for adoption. Sadly for these little creatures in Guyana, no similar salvation awaits them.
We should observe with empathy their daily struggle dodging in and out of heavy traffic where many are hit and left to die on the roadways. Sadly, I have seen dozens of dead dogs all across our roadways, yet we still encourage people to breed puppies with no humane thought for the animals’ welfare.
The breeding of puppies could produce many unwanted ones that could eventually end up on the streets to meet the fate of constantly reproducing and experiencing the cycle of a terrible street life. Have a conscience people; puppies are not stuffed toys but living creatures who should not be branded and sold by dog breeders for easy profit. To earn a living this way using defenceless and voiceless animals is to desecrate their innocence.
I hope that divine intervention will overrule people’s insensitive attitude and show the way of the heart for animals.
To prevent so many unwanted puppies being dumped on the streets, people should make the right choice of spaying and neutering their dogs to prevent reproduction. It would help to limit the over population on our streets and would spare many from a horrible life.
Yours faithfully,
Zenobia Williams
