Would we sterilize our kids ?

A roughly six to eight month old pup was found two weeks back, next to our neighbour's gate, shivering in the rain. He was infested with ticks, a torn ear and just bones. When calling animal rescue and trying to secure the pup for five days did not work, we decided to feed the pup and save it from starving. Over the last week, the tick infestation has reduced and the ear is healing. However, the pup's fear of humans continue and he doesn't come anywhere near us which is alien to us dog lovers. Today morning, the pup came close and it was then that I saw that he had been neutered, sterilized. A six month old child, baby neutered. What are the effects of this on his childhood ? What are the repercussions of this on his life ? Doesn't he have a right to an equal life ? Doesn't he have the right to enjoy the joy of fatherhood ? Wouldn't euthanizing him have been better ?

The sterilization programme of adults in India carried out in the 70s as a method of population control left a deep scar on more than one generation and is still a scar on the national psyche. However, we are ready to do sterilization of not just dogs but their children. In a fair world, where humans are on the same scale as any other being, I believe nature, mother earth will say this is worse than genocide.

I have had this argument before with people and they thought otherwise. I still have this question : Would you sterilize yourself before marriage, atleast after having one kid ? Would you sterilize your grown up children, leave alone kids ? In a nation of one billion plus human beings, what is the ratio of dogs/cats we have ? Who is responsible ? I know, hard questions - no answers. Dogs are a problem, cats are a problem, birds are pests, elephants are a problem, tigers are a danger, leopards are invading our space, insects are pests, everything except human beings are a problem, according to the most invasive and dangerous species called 'homo sapiens'. Yes, these questions are a problem, but if we have a moral compass, these questions would arise.

I was standing there left stunned. I couldn't move when I realized that the pup had been sterilized. I understood perfectly the deep distrust that little pup has for all humans. We have scarred him for life.