Mr
Ashraf said the city government was trying to keep up with
the increasing number of complaints about stray dogs in
the city and killed dogs all year round, but still the city
was loaded with them. The city government killed 16,928
dogs last year and was on course for more this year, he
said.
He
said the population of stray dogs got its food from garbage
heaps, butcher shops and other places. The dogs are disposed
of by feeding them bones coated with Strychnine, a poison.
It takes them eight to ten minutes to die, depending on
their physical fitness and natural immunity. But, Mr Ashraf
said, "We simply have to shoot them if they do not respond
to the bait."
Mr
Ashraf said the opeote he said. "But it is our duty to kill
them and it is for the safety of the public as well."
Mr
Hussain said the average stray bitch gave birth to seven
or eight puppies, which grew to full size in ten months.
He said many of these dogs housed infectious diseases and
passed them on to humans. "Nobody can tell when a stray
dog is infected with a contagious disease until it bites
and infects them," he said. -Staff Report
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