India, March 9 -- A deficiency stray dogs suffer from, and that have sometimes proved fatal to them, is that they do not speak a human language. Thus, accused of attacking, and killing, a child, they cannot argue that the real offenders were actually pet dogs. Nor can a bitch contend that she had severely bitten a man to stop him from killing, one by one, her puppies by trampling on them. On the other hand, people who seek vicarious satisfaction of their genocidal instinct by demanding the mass slaughter of stray dogs, often present the latter as posing severe threats to humans by spreading rabies, biting vast numbers of people, causing traffic accidents, and otherwise preying on people's fear psychosis.

An example of how stray dogs' ina...