KARACHI: The district municipal corporations (DMC) on Wednesday initiated a dog-culling campaign in different areas of the metropolis and killed dozens of dogs by poisoning them.
The campaign is being carried out in Pehlwan Goth, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Johar, Lines Area, and Khudadad Colony.
Multiple dogs were poisoned to death in Lines Area and Khudadad Colony.
Earlier today, an 11-year old, bitten by a dog in interior Sindh, died at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH).
The death toll in Sindh by dog bite incidents has reached 21 this year.
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issue of dog-bite has become prevalent in Karachi and other parts of the province. It is pertinent to mention here that in a recent incident 12 people, including a police officer, were rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital of the city for vaccination after a rabid dog bitten them, but doctors expressed their helplessness to administer the Anti-Rabies Vaccine due to the non-availability of the ARV.
The Sindh High Court is also hearing a petition over the action against stray dogs and a shortage of anti-rabies vaccine in the province.
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