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Cantonment Board Clifton to hire Dog Shooter
The Monday, March 5, edition of the Pakistani English language daily DAWN carries an advertisement by the Clifton Cantonment Board inviting applications from qualified candidates for recruitment as a “Dog Shooter”. According to the ad, the applicant must be an … Continue reading
Stray Dog Management
The Thursday, May 4 edition of the Pakistani newspaper, the Daily Times, has a story headed, “Jalil proposes sending Karachi’s stray dogs to Korea“. City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil suggested to Korean Consul General in Karachi Suckchul Chang at a … Continue reading
Richmond Crawford Veterinary Hospital
Letter in DAWN: APROPOS of H. A. Hajis reminiscences of Karachi (April 3) and his recollections of the Richmond Crawford Hospital, I too have very good memories of this great veterinary institution, a landmark of Karachi. Tremendous help was rendered … Continue reading
Richmond Crawford Veterinary Hospital
Letter in DAWN: Sunday’s column informs that Karachi’s oldest government Richmond Crawford Veterinary Hospital on M.A. Jinnah Road is soon to disappear. The service book of my grandfather, Khan Bahadur Dr S.G. Haji, has entries that he was “veterinary officer” … Continue reading
Rabies Control
Letter in DAWN: I STRONGLY endorse the views expressed in the editorial of April 6 regarding rabies control. As rightly pointed out, the methods adopted to address the problem over the years (like the shooting down of pye dogs and … Continue reading
Dealing with rabies
Editorial in DAWN: There are various animal birth control programmes that have been successfully tried in many countries which are humane and cost-effective. Animal rights groups in Karachi argue that instead of brutally killing stray dogs, birth control procedures can … Continue reading
Richmond Crawford Veterinary Hospital
Cowasjee in DAWN: The founders and makers of both India and Pakistan recognized animals as being God’s creations and they cared for them. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi famously said that the level of a country’s civilization can be gauged by the … Continue reading
Dawn letter to the editor – II
THIS refers to the Karachi city government’s plan to eliminate pye-dogs by laying out poison-filled sweetmeats and meat in every town and union council. This not only poses a threat to pet dogs and cats but also to garbage pickers … Continue reading