Let us stop the dog shootings by CBC
Clifton Cantonment Board, the ones who keep Clifton immaculately clean and green for us, also like to shoot dogs. Today their dog shooters, in between snacks at DHA Phase 2 market, brutally shot two dogs. A resident heard the gunshots and informed Mustafa Ahmed of Home Four Paw & Claw who arrived on the scene immediately and stopped CBC shooters from further killings.
We appeal to residents of DHA and Clifton to keep their ears open for gunshots. Please go outside and stop CBC’s dog shooters. Ask them for a legal notice which they are supposed to have in their possession. Call the media. Ask for their CEO’s number. Go and complain at their headquarters on Sh-Faisal.
What CBC fails to comprehend is that no matter how many dogs are killed, the remaining will move into the area and quickly breed up to the carrying capacity of their ecological niche. The World Health Organization (WHO) advocates mass vaccination and sterilisation as a humane method of reducing dog populations and rabies control. In such a program, street dogs are captured, sterilized, vaccinated against rabies and released back to the area from where they were captured. The percentage of dogs that need to be sterilized to curb population growth and vaccinated to prevent the spread of rabies is 70%. If these efforts are meticulously planned and well directed, they will be effective and long-lasting.
This strategy is already in effect in many countries of the world including Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, UAE, Egypt, Brazil, Greece, Kenya and Turkey. In India, which has the highest instances of rabies and dog-bite cases in South Asia, mass vaccination and sterilisation has been the official government policy for some time now, including cities such as Madras, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Bombay, Delhi, and Jaipur.
A sustained campaign in every municipality of Karachi, in addition to proper garbage disposal, pet registration/vaccination, and awareness programs in schools and the mass media will produce dramatically visible results just as they have in other parts of the world.
Vaccination is humane, protects communities and it saves money.
Please write letters to the editors of Pakistani newspapers to highlight this issue and urge CBC to stop the dog killings. Remind them that under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890, there is a penalty for cruelty to animals, punishable with a fine and imprisonment. Please urge them to consider implementing a strategy that has been scientifically proven to be effective in many cities of the world. It is time we all raised our voices.
DAWN: letters@dawn.com
Express Tribune: letters@tribune.com.pk
The News: news.post@thenews.com.pk
Daily Times: letters@dailytimes.com.pk
Do also contact the people responsible for the dog shootings:
Clifton Cantonment Board
Mr. Shabbir Hussain, Chief Sanitary Inspector
csi@cbc.gov.pk
Clifton Cantonment Board
Mr. Shahrome Safdar Khattak, CEO
ceo@cbc.gov.pk
Clifton Cantonment Board
Ms. Syedah Imammah Ali, Deputy CEO
dy.ceo@cbc.gov.pk
Clifton Cantonment Board
CC-38, Street No.10th, Kh-e-Rahat, Phase-VI, DHA, Karachi.
+92 21 35847831–2, +92 21 35348774–5, +92 21 35850403, 35348784, UAN: 111–800–900
+92 21 35847835
www.cbc.gov.pk
We urge the media to take notice and report on the dog killings. Any writers and filmmakers are welcome to write articles about this issue and make short videos.
Please forward this alert to your friends, family and colleagues.
