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Govt urged to take steps against rabies

Report in DAWN: KARACHI, Aug 31: Expressing concern over a surge in dog mauling cases in the country as well as in Karachi, experts have urged the government to gear up it efforts for the prevention of rabies. According to … Continue reading 

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Stray dogs on the rampage

Article in DAWN: Faisalabad: The city’s canine population has grown dramatically over the last few years and as a result hundreds of people have been bitten by stray dogs, but this is not a matter of concern for the newly-created … Continue reading 

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Rabies threat in the NWFP

Editorial in DAWN: ONE of the most cruel and barbaric methods still being used to deal with the threat of rabies is the killing of stray dogs. This has never solved the problem. As a report on Saturday from Peshawar … Continue reading 

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Killing of stray dogs in Karachi

The Monday, June 11 2007, edition of Pakistan’s leading English daily newspaper DAWN has news of the Liaquatabad Town Administration killing 167 dogs in their jurisdiction in Karachi. According to the news item, the sanitation department is encouraging residents to … Continue reading 

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Don’t bite the dog…

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Shortage of anti-rabies vaccines

Editorial in DAWN: PARTICIPANTS in a workshop in Peshawar on rabies were right in demanding that the government manufacture anti-rabies vaccine to save the lives of people bitten by stray rabid dogs. They contend that as many as 150,000 people … Continue reading 

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Directives to eliminate stray dogs

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The forsaken breed

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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 

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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 

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