Both dog lovers, and the rest of existence, frozen in constant moral conundrum upon realising the only sustainable solution to human-stray conflict is culling
Right now, somewhere near you: It's a dog lovers curse to deal with the breed of human that doesn't love dogs, as much, or any at all. It takes a sharp turn especially with their care for strays and the response it can spur. This is evident in the recent surge of online discussions on the rising number of stray dogs on Indian streets. Those raising well-known legitimate issues that arise from the habit of feeding stray dogs and leaving them on the street get an instant "you'll only be happy once you kill them" response and other such taunts. Let's take stock of this heated conversation thread that repeats itself into infinity. In short, dog lovers jump to the immediate conclusion that people who don't have the same amount of natural devotion they feel for the animal species are effectively inhuman, by all standards. They take any counterview to mean that what all those who oppose them want is to see the street dogs dead. What that does not take into acc