Why Save the Tiger? They say it is the National Animal of India. A Good Joke. It is like calling Hockey as the National Game of India though very few among us know what is that. Nowadays Tigers cannot be soon even in the zoos. They can be counted in the jungles and are no longer the fearless animals they once were.

But the one animal I am really scared nowadays and can claim the National Animal Status should really be the ‘DOG’. If you read it in inverse, you can spell ‘GOD’. So Dogs are the other side of Gods. They are found everywhere, in every nukkad, in every galli, every part of this country. I am really scared of them when I come home late after doing overtime. They just pounce on me in packs as if I have come from Mars. They sleep when the thieves come and pounce on the innocent men or women.

Rich people keep these Dogs at their homes and feed them, where as the other Dogs are really the kings of the streets. The people too adore them and feed them with biscuits, idlis, chapatis, bones, meat and what not? These Dogs are never poached by anybody, nor will they decrease in numbers. So Declare Dogs as National Animals of India. It is my sincere request to the Government of India through Sulekha.

The foreigners who come to India can also see these Dogs in every part of our country and admire their variety of breeds in India. That way, we can connect each and every village of ours with the international community and promote tourism thus earning millions of dollars for our economy. The members of PETA would also be too happy to note that these Dogs are being treated well. Especially in cities, these dogs are the focal point of attention. Anyone who shoos away these dogs is considered as the villain of the animals and the environment.

Atleast one innocent child or person, I think gets bitten by these Dogs everyday. So India must be a pioneer in research in curing Rabies. So Indian medical community can also benefit from these Dogs.

Many of the people have turned self styled animal lovers all of a sudden. Especially in our locality, an ugly lady (I think she does not bathe at all!) comes daily at a specific time in the night creating nightmares for everyone around. She seems to be the lady Pied Piper. The dogs in all parts of the locality run around her and she throws meat, biscuits and what not dirty things around and creates a nuisance. Once I tried to shoo away that lady, but the dogs and the people around barked at me and ticked me off. Such is the authority of Dogs.

The Municipalities of every cities does its one time duty of doing Family Planning of these dogs once every year, otherwise these dogs would have overtaken men and then Man would have been declared as the National Animal of India. So why Save the Tiger! Promote the Dog!

http://sureshmiyer.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/08/dog-the-national-animal-of-india.htm