Part \r\ntwo | <\/B>In \r\nthe most populated city of the Argentinian side of Tierra del Fuego, R\u00edo Grande, \r\nwe counted at least four stray dogs only in the block where the dog pound is \r\nlocated. Among barks, they are the ones who escort us to the entrance of the \r\nplace, but remain outside just in case: inside they'd be castrated and get a \r\nchip implanted. While we wait to interview the chief of veterinarians of the \r\nmunicipal government, two men who attend a few tight cages used to lock up the \r\ndogs who have bitten people, recognize that their work is clearly insufficient: \r\nwhile they castrate a hundred dogs, another thousand are born \r\noutside.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n
Luis \r\nRuiz, the veterinarian in charge, receives us after a surgical intervention to a \r\nsmall poodle that will not be able to breed anymore. The little dog is still \r\nnumb by the anesthesia while the official takes off the protective mask as he \r\nadmits that they are \"swamped\" and that the appearance of wild dogs at the end \r\nof the world will have no solution unless some behaviors are changed. \"We have \r\nto work a lot more with the dogs -says Ruiz-. But there's even more work to be \r\ndone with the human being\". Only a small fraction of the dogs that swarm through \r\nthe streets of the city and sometimes migrate to the countryside, are taken to \r\nthe dog pound. Those who do not return to their homes and settle in the forests \r\nare the \"feral\" ones. The lack of adequate controls and care in the city \r\nultimately impacts the entire environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t