Stray Dogs and Foxes in Tehran Make Their Voices Heard to Safir Arjan Readers: Is the Municipality to Blame or Animal Advocates?/ "There is nothing more dangerous to this world than humans"

Recent remarks about foxes in Tehran's residential areas and the consequences of removing dogs from urban zones have drawn varied reactions from Safir Arjan readers.

According to Ambassador Arjan, some users consider stray dogs as a threat to the health and safety of citizens and criticize the performance of the municipality and responsible institutions in organizing animals. Another group considers excessive urban development and the destruction of natural habitats as the factors that cause animals to enter cities and warn against looking at wildlife only as a threat.

In the meantime, the role of foxes in controlling the population of rodents, the situation of urban mice and the need to pay attention to the ecological balance have also become the subject of discussion among users.

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Stray dogs; A problem beyond feeding animals

Some of the readers have criticized the unconditional support of stray dogs regardless of its health and social consequences. The user "Mana" wrote about this: "Unfortunately, the emotional wave without logical support for animal protection has become one of the reasons for this problem, which is the result of disrupting the environmental cycle."

The user "Labik" also considered the responsibility of managing stray animals to public institutions and wrote: "Shoulder dogs on the street are a sign of the management weakness of the municipality and the environment." "Until this issue is settled, the cost of compensation for any danger from dogs - which threatens citizens - will be borne by the government."

Some users also pointed out the possibility of animal attacks and emphasized the need to pay attention to the safety of citizens and children. On the other hand, a group of readers believe that the aggressive behavior of animals cannot be analyzed separately from their living conditions and how humans deal with them.

One of the users criticized the negative view of dogs and wrote: "When humans beat innocent dogs and withhold a bite of food from these tongue-tied dogs, and when they are hungry, it is natural for them to attack humans."

On the other side of this discussion, a user pointed to the prevalence of keeping dogs in some countries and asked, "Why in those countries, living with dogs does not necessarily mean a threat to citizens?" This point of view takes the discussion from the principle of the presence of animals to the way of keeping, the responsibility of the owners and the management policies of urban animals.

foxes; A threat to the city or an opportunity to control rats?

One of the topics of interest to readers is the possible role of foxes in reducing the population of urban rodents. The user "Mohammed" wrote in his comment: "The presence of foxes in the city of Tehran may be a good cause" and pointing to the increase of rats in the city, he expressed hope that the presence of foxes will help reduce their population.

The user "Mohammed Reza" also wrote from his personal observation: "Since the arrival of foxes in Tehran, the population of mice has decreased drastically; "I am a sports person. At half past five in the morning, I saw one of the mice being hunted by a fox."

Of course, these personal observations alone are not enough to prove the reduction of the rat population or to determine the contribution of foxes in this process, and scientific investigation and field data are necessary for more accurate conclusions.

On the other hand, some users have warned about the consequences of increasing the population of animal species in the urban environment. One of the readers, referring to the issue of sewer rats, criticized the inattention of the responsible institutions to rodent control and asked why the municipalities and the health network have not been successful in solving this problem.

Destruction of habitats and criticism of urban management

Another group of readers have examined the issue from the perspective of the relationship between man and nature. A user named "Abdul Majid Rouhniya" has written, emphasizing the need to separate the issue of stray dogs from the presence of foxes: "Orders about stray dogs can be investigated, but reckless urban development has disturbed the environment of foxes and disturbed the ecosystem of the region."

Another user criticized the destruction of animal habitats and the expansion of urban construction and wrote: "It is not more dangerous for this world than humans. When you destroy the habitat of animals and build useless buildings instead, animals come to cities because of hunger and homelessness." He continued to add in a critical tone: "I wish there would be a day when the world's all-rounders would be animals, we will undoubtedly have a better world; Noteworthy are those who claim to be scientists. This view considers the presence of animals in urban environments not only as a problem related to their behavior, but as a result of human interventions in nature and the destruction of their habitats.

In general, readers' comments show that the story of dogs and foxes in Tehran has become a discussion beyond the presence of an animal species in the city; A discussion about municipal responsibility, citizen safety, animal protection, habitat destruction and the necessity of scientific management of urban species population. The answer to these issues, more than emotional positions, requires clear policies, valid data and accurate separation of health risks from environmental considerations.