It takes a village to raise a dog: Animal Welfare in Dog Monday & Free Dogs of India

Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Dog Monday" and Krithika Srinivasan's "The Free Dogs of India" both deal with animal welfare and, most specifically, how an entire community can take care of an animal without owning them. First is how Ingleside takes care of Dog Monday while respecting his choice of keeping vigil for Jem. Here is an example of his community caring for him: "So they decided to let him alone, and Dr. Blythe arranged with the butcher near the station to feed him with bones and scrap." (Montgomery 6) The butcher doesn't get a reward for feeding Monday, nor does he own him. The only…