Anil is an UPSC aspirant living in Rajendra Nagar, New Delhi. Rajendra Nagar is famous for being the hub for the preparation of civil services examination conducted by the UPSC. The place is abreast with aspirants preparing for the civil services examination, coaching institutes, hostels, and various paying guest facilities. Anil noticed that Rajendra Nagar was ideal not only for UPSC aspirants but also for the many business owners residing in the place. However, owing to increasing attraction of civil services examination and more students opting for coaching institutes for their preparation, Rajendra Nagar had become very crowded. Among other menaces like congested roads, high rents, sound pollution etc., Anil noticed that Rajinder Nagar was also facing a pressing problem associated with stray dogs. He had often heard his friends talking about how they had to face a pack of aggressive stray dogs while returning from the library or the metro station, late at night. Anil had often observed that a group of people tended to the stray dogs by feeding them food, providing them with blankets, etc. At one instance, Anil was surprised to see a boy bandaging a dog. Upon enquiring, Anil was told that some people near the Sindhi park had attacked the dogs with sticks and stones. Anil suddenly remembered that while returning from his evening walk, a few days back, he too had witnessed some people pelting stones at a dog. Anil was surprised to see that while one group was very hostile towards the dogs, the other group was exceedingly sympathetic. One day while studying in his room, Anil heard a commotion outside. He went out to see that a boy had been bitten by a stray dog. On further enquiring, he found that the boy was bitten by a stray dog while delivering tiffin boxes to a nearby hostel. Anil also noticed that two groups of people were arguing in loud voices. While one group was of the opinion that feeding and tending of stray dogs has attracted more dogs in the locality and aggravated the menace of stray dogs attacking people, the other group said that the dogs have become aggressive as a result of some people beating and throwing stones at stray dogs. Though Anil too had faced difficulties due to the aggressive stray dogs of Rajinder Nagar, he was at a loss of locating the reason for the problem. a) What can be the reason behind the diametrically opposite attitude of two groups of people living in the same locality? b) According to you, who and to what extent can be held responsible for the problem of stray dogs attacking people?

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