Stop massive euthanasia of stray dogs in Serbia immediately!

These are the terrible images that are currently unfolding on the streets of Niš, the third-largest city in Serbia. Authorities have ordered an extensive dog euthanasia campaign and city workers are taking the streets to clean them and grab as many dogs as they can.

During this process many dogs are left with serious injuries. Some are grabbed by their scruff, others are trapped and those who pose resistance are hit with bladed objects repeatedly until they fall unconscious. The dogs that are still alive after the encounter with city workers are shipped to the municipal shelter, where they are put to sleep.

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This campaign must be brought to an end right now. Authorities have done nothing to try to address the problem of stray dogs humanely – they have failed in implementing spay-and-neuter campaigns as well as adoption schemes – which are the correct ways to tackle the roots of the problem. The municipal shelter is a mess and is no place for dogs to stay there. Building a modern facility to house these poor animals should have also been a priority.

I feel that authorities are wrongfully taking the easy way out. Such methods – besides being inhumane – are only temporarily, because the dogs that are now taken away will be soon replaced by other pack of dogs and so on. The only effective way to control stray dogs population (a method scientifically proven) is by implementing spay and neuter campaigns. Besides being more effective, they are also more cost-efficent than any other solution on the table. Why haven’t city officials proceeded to initiate such schemes?

Massive euthanasia should be out of the question! Resorting to such a solution is the easy, ineffective and cowardly way out and we will not accept this ever!

I am asking animal lovers all across the world to join my campaign and pursue authorities in Niš to act responsibly and humanely towards stray dogs and help them in a decent manner, not viciously eradicate them!

A big thank you to all that took the time to read this campaign and sign the petition. I love and respect you so much.