Tuesday, December 12, 2006

My Take on Living in Nigeria: Dog Eat Dog World

I was walking to the other side of the office compound this morning with 3 of my colleagues, when I saw a stray dog. It hit me then that after being here for almost 4 months, this was the first time I have seen a stray dog in Nigeria. The only dogs I have seen here so far are the police guard dogs standing by the gates.

So I asked one of my colleagues why are there no stray dogs in Nigeria. Apparently, as my colleague reluctantly explained for fear that I am of the queasy sort, people eat them. Simple as that.

I guess this beats seeing squashed dogs with splattered brains that we see on a daily basis on Brunei roads.

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