Crime & Punishment

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Sin & retribution, a concept as old as the greeks themselves. So how many dogs' lives does it take to make up for the death of 2 humans: 20? 50? a 1000?! Reports say over 200 dogs in Bangalore have been 'culled' (scientific term meant to explain the gross tilt that we've created in the ecological balance, that we then set about 'correcting' by systmatically exterminating animal polulations). Today scores of pariahs in bangalore are paying for the deeds of a few feral cousins, victims of the un-sanitary conditions we created in the first place. And thats one part of the picture .. snakes in multi-storey buildings, the monkey 'menace' in Shastri Bhavan, two leopards brutally beaten up for straying into human habitation. I wont go into specifics of culling, over-population, the depleting forest cover, or the latest canine witch hunt..that's better argued by....