At least 14,000 people have been bitten by stray dogs in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi since January this year, while the municipality struggles to address both public anger and pro-dog advocacy of animal rights groups
Not too long ago, one of the biggest public hospitals in Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi faced an influx of injured men and women with gunshot wounds caused by criminal gangs, the Taliban and its proxies, and other violent political groups.
The vaccination and neutering experiment in a handful of neighbourhoods in Karachi have showed positive results as dog-bite incidents decreased. With12 rabies-related deaths reported in the last eight months, dog mauling has started to penetrate the country’s political discourse. The Pasban Democratic Party recently demanded the government declare a ‘rabies emergency’ in Karachi and ensure the easy availability of dog-bite vaccines.
Karachi's animal rights activists challenged the practice of culling stray dogs by taking the city's municipality to the provincial high court in August 2016. Muzzamil Ali, a grocery shopkeeper in the lower-income Orangi Town locality, and his school-going son, are among the latest victims to have been mauled by stray dogs.
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