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Do you mean BKs should throw their cats and dogs out on the street and just let them get on with it!?!
That sounds a bit cruel. Is that an Indian attitude towards domestic pets?
Humanity has genetically modified most pet species or companion animals from their wild states so that they are now incapable of surviving and certainly do not survive well in the wild. And they survive in human cities even worse. Feral cats and dogs die of starvation, disease and accidents and live a fraction of the time they do living with their human companions.
Firstly, there is an animal rights argue to suggest we have a moral duty to protect them. Like children, we created them as they are to suit us (e.g. weak, defenseless and loyal and submissive to human beings), not to suit their natural survival instincts. In short, without us they would die or be eaten.
Secondly, with cats there is another argument that suggests it is better to keep them indoors, in the house, because let free they are terrible killers. Domestic cats and destroying bird families and other species because they exist out of harmony and order with nature. In short, we have created far too many of them. They also adopt fairly well to life indoors where they appreciate the free food and security (cats spend most of their lives sleeping, eating and preening themselves, they don't travel much). We call them "house cats".
Of course, it is a little sad to keep them inside without enough room to exercise ... but it is better to do so rather than let them out and kill. For example, in the USA, cats kill an estimated 2.4 billion birds and 12 billion mammals every year in US alone. Free-ranging cats introduced to islands which did not have native species have caused or contributed to 14% of the modern bird, mammal, and reptile extinctions. They are one of the more successfully adopted predators.
Dogs are a little different as they need a little bit more horizontal room (cats prefer vertical climbing spaces) but, really, no one should keep dogs in the city in my opinion. They belong out in the country and on farms.
At the very least, in all cases where humans have responsibility for domesticated animals, it is certainly best to castrate or spay them so that they cannot reproduce and become less aggressive. It is also a good thing to support programmes in society to castrate or spay feral animals as it keeps populations down.
Indeed, if the BK could do so to their male followers, I am sure they would do so too as it would lead to them having less Maya, becoming even more subservient to the center-in-charges, and the world would be a better place for us all.
So, please no. Don't dump animals on the street. Look after then indoors until they die, accepting it as part of your karma. Don't replace them. If you really must replace one, or you decide it is your preferred charity for the world, then please adopt a rescued animal rather than encouraging the pet industry to produce more. It's a terrible industry for killing animals.