Monday, March 5, 2012

Bahrain aims for zero stray dogs in 5 years


The island state of Bahrain has announced plans to rid its streets of stray dogs within five years after two serious attacks on children in the last month according to the Gulf Daily News. The Bahrain Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is in talks with authorities to follow their trap-neuter-release program.

However, this report states that the first attack was on an eleven-year-old child who was “mauled by five pet dogs”, followed the next day by a baby being “attacked in the same area”.  Yet again this looks like street dogs being blamed for the deeds of pets and the suggested use of trap-neuter-release of street dogs seems to be a misdirected solution.

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