Q3: Why Do Dogs Whine?

Some Important stats (J Block):

◆ Appeasement Behavior: Some dogs whine excessively
when interacting with people and other dogs, usually while
adopting a submissive posture (e.g., tail tucked, body Out of the total 19 dogs, 10 have been sterilized and
lowered, head down, gaze averted). vaccinated and you can easily identify them as doctor
◆ Greeting Behavior: Some dogs whine during puts a cut on their ear to identify them. We are keeping a
greetings. This kind of vocalization is usually motivated track of their vaccination and will get them vaccinated
by excitement and may be directed at dogs or people.
◆ Hunger and thirst: They are hungry and haven’t had
again when due next time. Most of them are wearing a
anything from days or feel thirty due to high heat collar band.
◆ Anxiety: Some dogs whine in response to stressful
situations. In this context, whining sometimes seems 8 ‘died’ and reasons – was ran over by a speedy car, left
involuntarily. the pup in a hostile condition, pelted stones, kicked, hit
◆ Injury or Medical Condition: Dogs often whine in

Any Volunteers?
with a stick, buried alive because was in pain and
response to pain or a painful condition.
whining a lot, mouth tied with a rubber band – all this
Q4: Stray dogs should be dumped as spread rabies because they were barking, sleeping, playing or crying
and swine flue ?
(well, one of the main difference between dog and
A4: This is a myth and not reality. Healthy vaccinated strays
do not spread rabies, only rabid dogs do. The sterilization human is that they don’t have rational like us.)

I am homeless!
process also includes anti-rabies vaccination. So the next
time someone in your neighborhood gets a stray dog
vaccinated, thank him or her instead of complaining! If you
are one of those who think Swine Flue – You are highly
mistaken. Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory
disease of pigs caused by type A influenza virus that
regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. Swine flu is
transmitted by airborne droplets from an infected person’s
sneeze or cough; or from germs on hands. Some of you already feel for them, care for them. Let’s
do it together in a more organized way to best utilize
Q5: Why Sterilization necessary?
A5: Apart from reducing numbers, the sterilization and food and water and help ensure all are healthy, calm
vaccination program has a number of other benefits: and stay well without increasing the number.
a) No new pups will be born which will allow the
population to stabilize.
Calling out volunteers to help feed stray dogs in our
b) Vaccination against rabies eliminates the danger from
the disease negligible. colony. Would be required to give just 10 to 15 minutes
c) Sterilized dogs will mean that there will not be fighting a day or so and in return will make new friends who will
or mating during the heat season. shower their unconditional love and will be there for
d) Withnolitterstoprotect,femaledogswillnotbeaggressive.
you and make our colony a better place. Do you get bothered with presence of stray dogs for their
e) Minus the strain of pregnancy, female dogs will remain
healthier. barking, licking, behavior, looking for food and water and
f) The existing dog population will be familiar, friendly, fed up with everything about them?
Let’s do little more than
healthy and harmless. Do you prefer that they be removed ?
g) Sterilized dogs do not get into fights and injure each standing, watching and feeling sorry …
Do you prefer they be more organized?
other during the mating season.
h) As residents no longer ill-treat dogs, the dogs do not Please reach out by whatsapp or message at If the answer to any of this is Yes, or Why then here is the
feel threatened and are friendly and harmless. +919953999087 for any details and volunteer. answer and a solution to you concern
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Under the Indian laws, animal cruelty is an offence – under
Section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, and
Section and 429 of the Indian Penal Code – punishable with
imprisonment and fine. Likewise, criminal intimidation, and
criminally intimidating animal welfare volunteers is a serious
offence under the Indian Penal Code.

As per Indian law, street dogs cannot be beaten, killed or Q1: Having trouble sleeping because stray dog is
Mark Twain said, “If you pick up a starving dog and make him barking excessively into the night? We have all been
driven away or displaced or dislocated, they can only
be sterilized in the manner envisaged in the Animal Birth prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a there so it’s important find out why?
Control (Dogs) Rules, 2001 enacted under the Indian dog and man.” However, not all of us feel the same and that’s clearly A1: Here is the answer: The main reasons a dog barks
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 (A Central excessively are: fear, separation anxiety, loneliness,
reflected in our revulsion, even hostility, towards stray dogs. If that’s not communication or most importantly they are hungry.
Act),vaccinated, and then returned back to their original
locations. bad enough, many of us don’t even spare the people who personally feed, They bark when they see someone approaching your house or
sterilize, vaccinate and neuter these dogs. Our ignorance has time and they may hear unfamiliar noises. Dogs bark to keep others off
Rule 6 and Rule 7 of The Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules,
again fuelled our disdain towards such good deeds because we feel these of their territory including other dogs and to warn you if
2001, state as follows: someone or something is getting too close. While you may not
Rule 6 clearly envisages that even if the Municipal Corporation acts only add to the problem. But do they really? see or hear anything, it doesn't mean the dog doesn't. Dog's
thinks it expedient to control street dog populations; senses are much stronger than humans, so dog may be
IT CANNOT RESORT TO KILLING OR DISLOCATING. LESS KNOWN FACTS : responding to something you're missing. Observe: does he
It can only sterilize and immunize the dogs, and then leave seem to focus on one area? If so, he is probably responding to
them at the locations that they had been picked up from. ◆ Like us, they also feel hungry and thirsty. However, they some outside stimulus.
Rule 7 deals with the procedure to be followed upon receipt of don’t need lavish dinners or lunches but simple diluted milk,
a complaint. Please also note, the Municipality, cannot just bread, stale chappati, will do. Dogs bark as a means of normal communication. They will
pick up dogs, simply because some persons/administrators bark when calling out to other dogs or respond to other
◆ Like us, they don’t litter or spoil the place where they are
don’t like their being around. Even the dogs that are barking dogs at night. They are frightened, hungry, they
fed. This means that they go far away from their feeding
complained about can only be sterilized and immunized, and notice an unknown vehicle near your home, they guard the
place for their nature’s call.
then left back at the locations that they had been picked up homes where they are treated well.
from. ◆ Like us, if they are fed well, atleast once a day, they will be
able to stay calm and get good sleep, will not be FACT : Last month apparently a thief from
Please note there is a specific bar against dislocating dogs, aggressive, will not fight, chase and will not bark unless adjoining slum was hiding near one of our
since the same tends to interfere with and jeopardize the area- they want to raise an alarm. buildings and because of continuous
wise animal birth control. For the area-wise ◆ Like us, they don’t like to eat all the time, they just like to eat barking by a stray dog at 5 a.m, the
sterilization program mandated by law, dogs have to be one little meal (milk with water) in the morning) and one neighbor was alerted and the thief ran and
returned back to their original habitat after sterilization and bowl of meal at night. jumped off our gate number 2 to escape.
immunization. These dogs then tend to fight off other, newer, ◆ Like us, they like to have their meals at fixed hours.
possibly unsterilized and unvaccinated dogs from entering ◆ Like us, they communicate with other dogs/ animals in the Q2: Why do dogs chase moving vehicle?
their territories, since dogs are highly territorial in nature. A2: There are few possibilities:
area and in fact better off, raise an alarm if they see an
Dislocation of street dogs has time and again proven to be ◆ Dogs are protective by nature and night is when
unknown vehicle or person approaching their colony or home
counter-productive and only favours the entry of other non- predators attack. The Dog barks to let other know of
◆ Like us, they like smiling faces and friendly people around them
sterilized street dogs into the area, which will not only be something approaching and to let the object know that
unknown to you but also to those who tend to the area’s street ◆ Like us, they don’t want to be kicked unnecessarily or
beaten or behaved badly. the dog is aware of their presence. Also some vehicles
dogs, thus raising more cases of man-animal conflict. make noises that bother dogs.
◆ Like us, they don’t like to be disturbed when sleeping or in
◆ Also, you might have observed that they try to run beside
Let’s live togather ◆
pain or fever.
Likeus,theyalldon’tlookalikeandthusnotallhavenicefeatures.
your vehicle. They are actually trying to chase the light.
Stop your vehicle and they just go off!!! If the source of
◆ Unlike us, they will remember you, stay with you, love and light is moving, that looks unnatural to them! That's why
protect unconditionally even if you have fed them once. they run beside any vehicle at night!