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I am curious what are the religious reasons reg. stray dogs:

My understanding: (pl correct me if I am wrong)

Buddhists / Jains: no animal to be killed for whatever reason, even sterilisation not desirable / acceptable

Hindus - veg ones: God is in every living being, so not ok to kill

Parsis: 600 lashes for killing a stray dog; so not ok to kill

Muslims: Ordinary dogs are considered "unclean", so ok to kill

Christians: Animals made to serve man, so ok to kill

Thus serious re-education and re-orientation is needed.

Also see http://piquancy.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_piquancy_archive.html

and http://www.angelfire.com/biz4/MastiffBreeder/ethics1.html for religious, cultural, ideological, genetic and legal perspectives

and http://www.jeffooi.com/archives/2003/12/rescue_people_a.php

and http://www.psyeta.org/sa/sa5.1/menache.html

BTW, attitudes and beliefs are influenced by such factors as age, gender, marital status, education, income, area of residence, religious orientation, and prior knowledge and/or experience of dogs.

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