I am not sentimental about animals, but I do strongly believe that like humans they too have rights and the right to life is preminent amongst them. A few weeks back in a city reputed to be the software capital of the emerging markets, a pack of street dogs or ferral animals attacked a child and mauled him so badly that he died. I admit that this is a horrific tragedy and my heart goes out to the parents whose only child died in this unspeakable manner. The reaction of the civic authorities ...