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Honourable Sir or Madam at Meerut Government, India,

I've come to the knowledge that a stray dog in your city has killed a child who was strolling with his mum, and that the Meerut citizens have decided to take justice into their own hands by killing all stray dogs in an extremely cruel way. We have witnessed truly horrifying images of extreme and intolerable cruelty, some of which we've attached to this email.

One of the reasons for which India has been valued and loved internationally is the wisdom and warmth of its inhabitants, who show a great deal of respect for animals.

We can understand that the inhabitants of Meerut feel alarmed about this tragedy where a child was attacked, and that urgent measures must be taken, but murdering dogs is not the solution, as this only breeds hatred and violence among citizens: you can see very clearly, in the pictures from Meerut, the fury and sadism used against these poor animals, with youths clearly enjoying watching the agony and suffering of dogs, and finding pleasure in violence, pain, blood and the suffering of others.

We know the awful sanitary conditions in illegal slaughterhouses make stray dogs develop their killer instinct, and turn them into vicious animals, while also being a source of disease, ill health, and animal suffering, and a danger to people. The most humane and effective solution to these kind of problems is a neutering and spaying programme to avoid uncontrolable birth rates. These measures are already being applied by the governments of many other countries.

I think these kind of events are totally unacceptable in today's society, so I'd like to appeal to your sensitivity and common sense and urge you to do everything in your power to prevent events such as these from occurring ever again.

Yours faithfully,
(Your name and contact )

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