To the expansion of rabies in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the city in the past six months to 8,400 stray dogs a lethal injection is given. The action is today fiercely criticised by animal rights activism.
Rabies or rabies is a major problem seen in the Ethiopian capital. In addition, a growing number of stray dogs there “alarming” quickly, ” thus says Asegid Hailegiorgis of the city government of Addis Ababa. The city is planning to have more dogs to do the job, but according to Asegid must have been a new delivery of the medicine.
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According to an estimate by the city government counts Addis Ababa around 300,000 dogs. In about eighty percent of the cases, it would be to stray dogs. To that large population and the spread of the rabies to address the city council in 2007 and 2013, a large number of stray dogs put to sleep. the
The Ethiopian animal rights activism are not to speak about the solution of the city council. “According to me will be the killing of stray dogs, nothing to resolve”, says Elleni Hailu. She calls the animals to vaccinate and to sterilize. Otherwise, the number of stray dogs rapidly increase again.”
