Faiza Ilyas in DAWN:
KARACHI, Sept 28: The city government kills 72,000 to 75,000 stray dogs a year but does not invest in promoting or facilitating methods to neuter animals, which is a sustainable and humane method of controlling the stray dog population and reducing the threat of rabies. Of the 16 government-run veterinary centres in the city, none currently offer services for the sterilisation of dogs. However, medical experts are of the view that the only effective long-term method of reducing the potentially fatal disease of rabies lies in controlling the dog population through vaccination and sterilisation.
More here.
It’s crazy and surprizing to kill street dogs, the best way is Animal Birth Control (ABC), other wise use WHO standerd rabies vaccine.
Wajid Hayat, DVM
CDC, Atlanta, USA
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