Uzbek and foreign animal lovers alike have been enraged to find out that city officials in Samarkand,had
initiated a campaign to poison street dogs and cats in order to make
the city more "pleasant for visitors" at a music festival.
A local news outlet, Repost.uz, posted a video on social media that
showed a man leaving what appears to be poisoned bait out for the city's
animals. What's worse is that he was leaving the poisoned bits near
people's homes. That means, not just strays but neighborhood pets could
easily fall victim to this cruel plot.
Fighting back against accusations of the
widespread animal cruelty, the Samarkand Mayor's Office says the city
had initiated a rabies vaccine program, but one of their employees had
"gone rogue" and started poisoning animals. The explanation is
laughable, and it hasn't quelled the public anger — especially because
sick and dead animals are popping up all over the city. Even children are turning up ill after supposedly coming into contact with these "vaccines."
This isn't the first time governments have
initiated these types of mass poisoning campaigns against stray
animals. Both Russia and Turkmenistan have also raised the ire of the
international community in recent years for similar culls. These
animal control methods are inhumane and ineffective. If they want to
get to the root of the problem they must institute spay and neuter
programs not kill operations.
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