Being a stray?

Few months back 98.8 (radio freq) had this down-to-earth drama every tue n thu 3pm, "gao ngan hon yan" (translated: man thru the eyes of dogs). It was a very interesting drama, beginning with the responsibility of irresponsible dog owners (dumping their dogs, esp.) on the increasing population of stray dogs, and the spot light was on a stray named, "Wong Choy".

The story flowed excitingly to a part where Wong Choy was caught by sorta DBKL dog catchers, and was locked up in those "waiting cages". I didn't know what they termed tat place, in malay it's called, "Pusat Kurungan Haiwan". The reason y i prefer to call it the "waiting cages", coz there, they're waiting for sth to happen.. for ppl to adopt them, or . . . judgement day. U knw wat i mean, rite?

I've always imagined (thanks to tv, and 988 drama) tat the waiting room is a long, dark one, with lines of cages along its left and right wall. One dog (or at the most 3) inhabits each cage. Everytime someone enters the room to adopt any dog, all of them will cry and do what ever tricks they knew to win the hearts of the ppl. That's my imagination, though.

Last week I went to Setapak, and saw the actual Waiting cages. There was no room at all, in fact. Mere cages. A walk around the cages revealed that there were roughly 5-8 dogs per cage, which they sorted according to the day of captivity. The cages were big, and the dogs vary from healthy, beautiful, big ones to dirty, mangy, skinny, small ones. One even had a beautiful collar + leash attached, while another has a 2005 DBKL license!!! I just hoped that their respective owners will claim them asap, coz according to the ppl there, those without license has 48 hours, while with license has 7 days before the arrival of the day of execution. wat a life.. a waiting..

Besides stray dogs, guess? There were cats, a calf, n a goat with its cute kiddie! All of them were caught after someone complained to DBKL abt them, so DBKL have these contractors whom expertise in dog catching.

While looking around, suddenly a "van" stopped nearby. Almost immediately, a few sturdy guys hopped down, holding a long stick with one of its end looped, they started looping 6 dogs, which presumably were just caught. The dogs struggled (of course), and showed very pathetic looks.. and unbelievingly, none of them tried to growl, nor snarl, nor bark at those sturdies whom dragged them on, relentlessly, till they're thrown into a big cage. Whatever the cause n ending of these.. it sure was a sad scene.

May God bless the dogs' souls.

Woman

Be very careful if you make a woman cry,

because God counts her tears.

The woman came out of a man's rib.

Not from his feet to be walked on.

Not from his head to be superior,

but from the side to be equal.

Under the arm to be protected,

and next to the heart to be loved


*quoted fr Davies, who quoted it from someone else. ;)