Outrage As Authorities In Karachi Poison Hundreds Of Stray Dogs

Social network users in Pakistani are shaming Karachi authorities over their poisoning of at least 700 stray dogs. City officials argues that the dogs bite thousands of people every year and they have to poison them in order to curb their population. RT reports: The poisoning of dogs got a fierce reaction from social network users, with most of them being outraged at the authorities’ actions. “Just bloody horrible”, “Spread the word. Shame on Karachi authorities!”, “No more cruelty” were just a few among the angry messages. The carcasses of hundreds of stray dogs in Karachi, Pakistan after officials poisoned them to curb the population. pic.twitter.com/fzWJiu3QdL — AJ+ (@ajplus) August 4, 2016 WARNING GRAPHIC: These stray dogs were poisoned via what local authorities in Karachi call a “gulab jaman “ pic.twitter.com/bB98NIqxdM — omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 4, 2016 Dog corpses were lying along the streets of the 20-million city, and the city employees have been disposing of them. “At least 700 dogs have been killed only in two areas of Karachi’s south in the last couple of days,” Sattar Javed, a spokesman for the municipal authority, confirmed to Reuters. Here’s how the authorities kill the strays: they hide poison [...]