Pack of dogs on the husks now the crowd left - walk around or is this the rabies lecture
9.33, Dalada side. Crowd is a trickle. Six dogs on coconut husks and whatever people dropped. Kid wants a photo. We got the "do not feed" speech in Galle. After Perahera, is this just Kandy dogs doing the leftovers or the moment everyone means.
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Walk around. Do not feed. Do not photograph with a hand out. Offerings and short-eats hit the ground every Kumbal night; dogs know the schedule. Rabies is the boring reason. A startled pack in a thinning crowd is the practical one.
We fed one in Ella and spent the next day reading jab blogs. Not again. Cross the street.
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