KIND hearted people who write letters on the dilemma of street dogs is a blessing to draw awareness to a sad situation in Guyana. I refer to SN 07/23/10 title, “dogs are suffering so much in Guyana” by Leon Jameson Suseran who profoundly expressed a nightmare epidemic of multitudes of street dogs living on the streets in a suffering manner. Some may argue that people share similar fate in sectors of society. This I beg to differ with. People can take care of each other but animals are at our mercy for kindness. Many people are bodily violent against each other but each has a resistance for self defense.  Animals are voiceless and defenseless and their innocence, loyalty and bond with humans are betrayed by some humans.
People are still emigrating hugely leaving packs of dogs behind,eventually they all end up on the streets to a life of misery, hunger, thirst and despair. Due to straying and outcast of dogs they fall victims to diseases, broken bones and bleeding souls walking the streets to the scorn of people who view them as garbage and harm them. How much more can they bear.
Adding to street population is producing litters and one litter of pups is many. These little creatures were better off not being born to a cycle of a wretched life on the streets. Their abandonment is a story of extreme survival, always in harm’s way and a life of abuse and suffering until their demise.
The human capacity to feel hunger, thirst and pain is no different for animals that experience our vital senses. Our natural human spirit has a sounding bell to warn us of what is the humane thing to do but some of us knowingly ignore it. Animals continue to suffer.
In the animal kingdom, dogs have the closest bond with humans and are sensitive to kindness and unkindness but not insensitive to provide trust, loyalty, obedience and protection if treated properly. These faithful servants will be forever thankful.
Countless dogs are locked up all day or tied in the blazing sun without a drop of water by owners who are neglectful failing to provide the basic essential of life’s blood – water.  By virtue of conscience don’t some humans know animals will be thirsty too and a little consideration is necessary to help the voiceless who cannot ask for drinking water?
This outbreak of street dogs, no fault of the dogs, is all over the country and if a system is not put in place by various authorities to avoid a national calamity, the suffering of these selfless creatures will immensely grow to the detriment of being the forsaken ones.
Please be caring to stop and notice the tragic wrongs on the freedom of animals and answer the mercy call from your heart.  You will have proven your full human potential. If you feed a dog he will love you more than he loves himself (Mark Twain).