R.I.P

street dog puppy we adopted, originally uploaded by alexandrafletcher.

it takes three things to survive as an animal in India. 1. to be physical strong 2. to be intelligent and 3. to be lucky. In the time that I have been here I have seen one kitten being mauled by a dog and left dead - it came back to life, a small baby kitten die, another kitten lost to the canal and this morning we awoke to find our gorgeous little puppy has been killed by the street dogs and was dead in the road with flies all over him. Devo'd to say the least but I must say that I've taken it in my stride here and have become quite immune to all these deaths. It's a kill or be killed world out there in the street dog business and they are bloody ruthless mean scrappy bastards who are extremely territorial.
Some sad news but life goes on in the crazy country...and there are pretty of other street dog pups being born everyday. Only the tough survive.