Directions : Read the following excerpt and answer the questions asked at the end. The answers to the questions should be based on the excerpt.

Stray dogs known in scientific literature as free ranging urban dogs are unconfined dogs living in streets. India is home to one of largest population of stray dogs in the world with approximately 30 million stray dogs on streets. These free roaming dogs on streets evoke different emotions such as affection, sympathy, intolerance and fear amongst human beings. The culling of non-rabid stray dogs is now forbidden in India. This change in the thought of the country's judiciary and lack of implementation of effective animal birth control measures have resulted in increasing population. As the stray dog population increases, so do the problems associated with it - dog bites, rabies, noise pollution to name a few. Sadly, this has also forced these countless stray dogs to survive in squalid conditions. For many people, these issues have transformed dogs, who were once considered their beloved companions to their worst enemies. A mill owner killed 60 stray dogs but later felt remorse and went to Gandhiji, who approved of his deeds. This created a controversy, as violence was justified by an epitome of ‘Ahimsa'. Respect for all living beings and that all life forms should be protected and not meted out with violence, forms the foundation of the concept of 'Ahimsa'. Gandhiji's endorsement of the mill owner's act could be understood in light of true interpretation of 'Ahimsa'. He thought that the act prevented the dogs from undergoing cruel state of neglect.