{"id":5593,"date":"2009-01-15T15:03:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T20:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5593"},"modified":"2010-06-10T23:11:56","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T04:11:56","slug":"pam_anderson_ta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/15\/pam_anderson_ta\/","title":{"rendered":"Pam Anderson: “Take their balls, not their lives!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Am I the only one who thinks of an infamously disturbing Borat quote<\/a> whenever Pamela Anderson is mentioned: “She had golden hairs, teeth as white as pearls, and the…”. I am? Sigh. Okay, fine.<\/p>\n\n

Via the Beeb:<\/p>\n\n

Stray dogs in India’s financial capital, Mumbai (Bombay) should be sterilised not killed, says former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson.<\/strong><\/blockquote>\n\n
Animal lover Ms Anderson intervened on the dogs’ behalf in a letter to the city authorities.<\/blockquote>\n\n
“Dogs cannot use condoms but… they can be ‘fixed’ painlessly,” she wrote.<\/blockquote>\n\n
The star learnt of the dogs’ plight after Mumbai’s High Court recently said strays should be killed as they were a “permanent nuisance” to the public.<\/strong> [BBC<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n

Hmmm. That same BBC article states that “Despite several sterilisation programmes, the population of strays has not been controlled”, so I’m not sure if the Baywatch Babe’s solution is an effective one.<\/p>\n\n

More:<\/p>\n\n

The court gave the ruling in response to a public interest litigation filed by a Mumbai-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), In Defence of Animals, challenging the validity of certain provisions of a law that permits killing of dogs under certain conditions. It said animals had as much constitutional right to life as humans and had a “right to expect compassion from Indian citizens”.<\/strong>[ST<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n
The court interpreted “nuisance” in this instance as “anything that endangers life or is injurious to the health of the public at large”.<\/blockquote>\n\n
While it noted that mere barking could not be cause for killing a dog, “dogs that have the habit of chasing moving vehicles, especially two-wheelers, may be treated as a public nuisance as they could lead to accidents”.<\/strong> [ST<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n

If all else fails, they could consider one Delhi politician’s<\/a> innovative solution to his<\/em> city’s problem with strays. \ud83d\ude09 But back to Bombay.<\/p>\n\n

Animals rights activists say that as many as 70,000 strays in Mumbai and many more across the states of Maharashtra and Goa may be disposed of if the High Court’s ruling goes ahead.<\/blockquote>\n\n
The decision has been stayed until the end of this month.[BBC<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n

According to the Straits Times article I quoted, those 70,000 stray dogs are responsible for 25,000 dog bites, annually. So while some fed-up residents have taken to poisoning dogs, animal activists caution that cleaning up the city is a better solution, since the dogs tend to forage through the garbage for food.<\/p>\n\n

I’ll close with a quote from “Medical professional Samir Guliyani”, whose name delights me to no end, and who went beyond the obligatory, understandable and predictable “Who does she think she is?”-sentiment:<\/p>\n\n

“The way they suddenly pounce on bike riders is dangerous. Something has to be done and they have to be off roads.”\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
On the subject of Pamela herself, Mr Guliyani said: “She is hot but why is she writing to the municipal commissioner<\/strong>[BBC<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n

Duh, that’s what hot people do. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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