India stands at a critical juncture in its public health journey. After two decades of remarkable success—evidenced by an 88% drop in reported human rabies cases between 2005 and 2022, and a 75% decline in estimated cases between 2003 and 2023—this hard-won progress is now perilously threatened. The threat does not come from the free-living … Continue reading The Dangerous Illusion of the ‘Quick Fix’: Why Mass Dog Relocation is an Ecological and Ethical Disaster for India
Chaita, The Elder
Chaita's story reveals that social lives of dogs is very complex and nuanced. Dominance, if at all, is only a minor aspect of their social lives.
Dude’s journey with fear and what it taught me
Do our “captive or pet dogs” have the opportunity to have such relationships with fear? I often find that the bar is a little high high for them.
Chaita, L’aînées de la communauté
L'histoire de Chaita révèle que la vie sociale des chiens est très complexe et nuancée. La domination, si elle existe, n'est qu'un aspect mineur de leur vie sociale.
Chaita and her avatars
At first, she was called the "site dog", who then became Sita or Syta and then the S softened to a Ch, just as our hearts softened for her. Thus she became Chaita and this is her story.
