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
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
Sana Raja is a yoga instructor at the women training centre of the Social Welfare Department. Her love for animals, however, led her to do a two-year veterinary course at the Pir Mehr Ali Shah-Arid Agriculture University. She now treats… Read More »Yoga Instructor Loves Animals
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
by Jenny Holt The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has only one way of reducing the number of stray dogs on the streets: poison capsules. Whenever there is an increase in dog-related hospital cases, the KMC fills trash cans with poison capsules so… Read More »The Poison Dog Capsules in Your Home
Ask any animal lover in Karachi if they’ve heard of Ayesha Chundrigar Foundation and you’ll hear nothing but good things about all the non-profit does for animal welfare. The organisation rescues abandoned and/or abused stray animals and provides them with… Read More »Pakistan Needs More Shelters Like the Ayesha Chundrigar Foundation’s Center in Karachi
A four-year- old girl died after she was bitten by a stray dog in Hyderabad’s Aliabad neighborhood on January 25, 2015 night. The deceased victim, Saira Chandio, was attacked while she was playing with other children near an embankment of… Read More »Stray Dogs Kill a Girl But is Killing Them the Solution
Stray dogs lope around, their tails between their legs, trying to be invisible. They shy from physical contact with people but respond with surprise and simpering gratitude if it is offered. Most of their physical interactions with people come in… Read More »Life of Stray Dogs in Pakistan
