I must put the following points in favor of my decision to get Champa back :
1. The side of the old man's thigh, that he claimed was bitten, was 'bandaged' - the first doubt - as doctors do not ever bandage bite wounds (and there was a kilo of cotton taped on there!)
2. The wound was really high on the side and Champa is L A M E in her right leg - if she really had to bite (and why would she?) she would go for the ankle.
3. Within 30 hours of the incident the same old (limping) man was walking faster than I would possibly imagine a man his age walking!
4. Nobody, I repeat, NOBODY - including the rickshawallas, paanwallas, and shopkeepers ever saw such a thing happening.
5. I give the fifth reason in favor of Champa's history - she is well-behaved and peaceful. And this has been vouched by 36 citizens on paper, when they appealed for the immediate release of Champa.
Champa would have been kept in the kennel for 7 long days. But we were afraid that the whole experience of being caught, held captive and in the howling and fighting of 50 other dogs around her, Champa may succumb to trauma and old age. Each of the two nights spent in desperate prayer to see her there next morning were excruciating.
But most importantly she was innocent, and deserved none of this all! That was all I needed to know.
I still do not know for sure why the old man got Champa caught. I could be naive and say that he mis-identified her owing to bad vision? But truth be told, I never knew the truth! The only truth I knew, following the episode, was that every day, hundreds of stray dogs were caught (and believe me the 'catching' is not very pleasant for the dog), transported to Dog Pounds to satisfy various citizens' ire. I wondered if I could do something to address this situation.
1. The side of the old man's thigh, that he claimed was bitten, was 'bandaged' - the first doubt - as doctors do not ever bandage bite wounds (and there was a kilo of cotton taped on there!)
2. The wound was really high on the side and Champa is L A M E in her right leg - if she really had to bite (and why would she?) she would go for the ankle.
3. Within 30 hours of the incident the same old (limping) man was walking faster than I would possibly imagine a man his age walking!
4. Nobody, I repeat, NOBODY - including the rickshawallas, paanwallas, and shopkeepers ever saw such a thing happening.
5. I give the fifth reason in favor of Champa's history - she is well-behaved and peaceful. And this has been vouched by 36 citizens on paper, when they appealed for the immediate release of Champa.
Champa would have been kept in the kennel for 7 long days. But we were afraid that the whole experience of being caught, held captive and in the howling and fighting of 50 other dogs around her, Champa may succumb to trauma and old age. Each of the two nights spent in desperate prayer to see her there next morning were excruciating.
But most importantly she was innocent, and deserved none of this all! That was all I needed to know.
I still do not know for sure why the old man got Champa caught. I could be naive and say that he mis-identified her owing to bad vision? But truth be told, I never knew the truth! The only truth I knew, following the episode, was that every day, hundreds of stray dogs were caught (and believe me the 'catching' is not very pleasant for the dog), transported to Dog Pounds to satisfy various citizens' ire. I wondered if I could do something to address this situation.
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