although seemingly brutal & sad, it appears to have been necessary to protect the public...we do the same thing here, only we call it euthanizing when strays are unclaimed after a couple of weeks, or if they are picked up for being vicious...
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He said the capital has no dog > shelters. > > The campaign started Sunday in western Baghdad and will move to the eastern > half of the city early next year. > > Thirteen people died in August alone in the capital after being attacked by > dogs, according to Baghdad's provincial council, which is overseeing the > campaign. > > People in some neighborhoods have been too frightened to go outside when > the dogs are present. > > "For many days, people, including me, could not go to work in the morning > because of these dogs," said Jinan Abdul-Amir, who lives in the Sadiyah > neighborhood in southwest Baghdad. "I came here today to the veterinary > hospital to file a complaint." > > Under Saddam Hussein, authorities killed stray dogs in the capital almost > every year, but the practice ended with his ouster in 2003. 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