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1.5m dog bite cases every year in country

Report in The Nation: KARACHI (APP) – An estimated 1.5 million dog bite cases take place in the country every year and out of them 2000 to 5000 prove fatal. This was stated by President RIA (Pakistan) Foundation and member, … Continue reading

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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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Nazim orders campaign against stray dogs

From Daily Times: LAHORE: Expressing dissatisfaction on the campaign against stray dogs, the district nazim Mian Amer Mahmood directed the epidemic control officer to gear up efforts in this respect. He told officials to ensure the provision of the material … 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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Slaughter at Lahore Zoo

Editorial in DAWN: THERE is no point in suspending Lahore zoo’s gatekeeper for Monday’s incident in which two stray dogs got into a cage and killed 28 peacocks. It is unfair to expect a lone person to be responsible for … Continue reading

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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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ABC: The Problem-Solution Agenda

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