Howling gigantic curses

Why do dogs howl at the moon when it is full? For the last couple of nights the village dogs, particularly, I think, the homeless ones, have been howling and yowling and wailing as if at some midnight dog funeral.

Some say the moon affects mad people in the same way, that they became madder on such nights. One theory holds that the brightness of full moon nights keeps people awake and it is this lack of sleep that brings on the mania.

I think it must be the same for vagrant dogs.

They’re hungry and cold and wretched. They've been shooed away from warm verandas where luckier dogs snuggle down to sleep. All they can do is slink away and lie down in the dust to sleep, perchance to die. And then the full moon shines in their eyes, keeping them awake, snatching away even that tiny bit of comfort. It's enough to make anyone howl in rage.

And so that's what they do. When the moon is full they howl gigantic curses at the moon, at the unfairness of it all.

I feel like doing the same to them when they keep me awake with all their yowling. I wonder if dog lovers feel the same?