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
It Is A Woofderful Life A dog’s house is his castle—almost literally. Bombay House, the 94-year-old building that serves as the Tata Group’s global HQ, has been a comfortable den for stray dogs for decades. When Ratan Tata became chairman… Read More »Tata Group’s HQ for Stray Dogs
by Danish Hyder, Karachi Around 12.20 pm on Feb 13, 2019, I heard a gunshot followed by the sound of a dog whimpering from the direction of Bukhari Commercial in Phase 6, DHA. About 30 seconds later, there was another gunshot,… Read More »Shooting Stray Dogs in Karachi
One of the more distressing practices that has become the norm in Pakistan is to carry out culls of packs of stray dogs that roam many of our towns and cities. Their population in urban areas tends only to grow,… Read More »Rabies-Free Karachi Pilot Project
Stray dogs in the Diplomatic Enclave were vaccinated against rabies in May 2018. Wives of diplomats paid for the campaign and also made sure all dogs are administered the vaccines. It is sad as it is the responsibility of the… Read More »Stray Dogs of Islamabad
A pack of stray dogs mauled to death three brothers at Liaquatpur, 90km from Rahim Yar Khan, on June 1, 2-15. Assistant Commissioner Liaquatpur said that three children, Ali, 8, Abdullah, 5, and Ubaidullah, 3, were working along with their… Read More »Three Children Killed by Stray Dogs in Rahim Yar Khan
