COMMENT | I am not an animal hater. I love animals. I have several pets at home, which includes a dog and several reptiles. In fact, I even used to have a cat.

I would never harm animals if I didn’t have to. I believe that they are nature’s beings and they have a right to live just like us human beings.

I definitely do not condone people being cruel towards animals. I do not think that animals should be beaten, tortured, or killed. So reading about the issue of the death of Rocky the dog in the news recently really disturbed me. I don’t like to imagine the pain and suffering of a living creature before it dies.

With that being said, I hate strays, both cats and dogs, but I particularly hate stray dogs. They travel in packs, are noisy, dangerous, and very dirty because they tend to rummage through rubbish and defecate everywhere. Cats aren’t too bad because they are small and usually solitary, but I still don’t like them.

I have been chased by dogs many times when I was a little boy playing around my neighbourhood.

Sometimes, I would be riding my bicycle and...