Compiled by Michael Roston and Dulce Ramos April 18, 2016, New York Times There are an estimated 750 million street dogs, village dogs and free-breeding dogs in the world. And while they may not have owners, that doesn’t mean they… Read More »The Dogs That Don’t Belong to Anyone
On a recent evening just a few minutes before the sun went down, Sahreen Bano, a 10-year-old girl, walked into a sugar cane field to urinate before going to bed. A pack of wild dogs was waiting for her. The… Read More »Dogs Attacking People in India
Would you know what to do if you suddenly came upon an aggressive, threatening dog? And what if you got bitten? On “The Early Show”, resident veterinarian Dr. Debbye Turner Bell offered important pointers on preventing — and treating — dog bites. She… Read More »What to Do if You Come Across an Aggressive, Threatening Dog
She looks like a cross between Groucho Marx and a dust mop, and she’s a bulwark against despair. By Margaret Renkl Jan. 27, 2019/ New York Times The scruffy little dog of indeterminate origin — she’s either a beagle mix or… Read More »The Blessing of a Rescued Dog
The National Institute of Health (NIH) has finally established an antisera production plant, which will make the country self-sufficient in producing snake anti-venom and anti-rabies serum by Feb 2020. The National Institute of Health (NIH) has finally established an antisera… Read More »Pakistan to Become Self-Sufficient in Snake Anti-Venom & Anti-Rabies Serum
A Stray dog’s life is nasty, brutish and short. To counter the growing incidence of dog bites and thus quell public outrage, the Sindh government directed the municipal authorities to revive a campaign to cull stray dogs in September 2019.… Read More »A Stray Dog’s Life: Dawn Dec 2019 Editorial
A stray dog being given anti-rabies vaccine at a facility in Chagharmati area of Peshawar. The high incidence of dog and snake bites has emerged as a health challenge in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to a report compiled by the District… Read More »Humane Approach to Handle Stray Dogs in KP
‘Controlling dog population is only solution to get rid of life-threatening rabies infection’ Amid the wait for a serious government initiative to tackle the problem of stray dogs in the province, the Indus Hospital (IH) has seen a spike in… Read More »92,000 Dog Bite Cases Till June 2019
by Ishaq Tanoli The project aims at catching dogs and releasing them after the procedure The Sindh High Court on Nov 7, 2019 directed the provincial authorities to ensure approval of the PC-I for a proposed project to retain dogs… Read More »Sindh High Court Wants Plan Approved for Dogs’ Sterilisation
October 11, 2019 The municipal authorities will not initiate mass dog culling as a means to tackle the problem of dog bites and human rabies. The government will rather encourage and promote scientific methods of eliminating this disease. This commitment… Read More »Karachi: Mass Dog Culling to be Replaced with Sterilisation
