Dogs

In case I haven't mentioned it before, dogs here are ubiquitous. One sees them everywhere; in yards, on rooftops, and of course roaming the streets, fighting, mating and picking through garbage.

One day I was in the park with Pablo when I noticed a dog sprawled out on its side on a major pathway through one of the parks. "It looks dead", I remarked to Pablo. "It is dead," he replied.

Pablo explained that every so often somebody goes around town poisoning dogs. I didn't quite catch whether this was a deliberate, sanctioned activity or if it was done by "volunteers", but it didn't appear to be all that controversial to anyone to whom I mentioned it.

I really feel sorry whoever has the job of disposing of all the dog carcasses. I seem to have found the place where they are all put, though. there is a place with standing water behind the school near our house that always seems to have a handful of dead dogs. Ew!