AMMAN — Mayor of the Greater Irbid
Municipality Nabil Al-Kofahi said that municipalities nationwide are unable to
reassure their local communities on stray dogs because they are ubiquitous,
Khaberni reported.
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Kofahi pointed out on Sunday that the prevalence of
breeding and spread of stray dogs in various neighborhoods across Jordan
constitutes a phenomenon that frightens people and requires immediate
solutions.
A video
circulating on social media showed herds of stray dogs wandering main streets
and residential neighborhoods in Al-Benayat area in southern Amman, according
to a local news outlet.
There were repeated calls for comprehensive and
effective solutions to stray dogs, which many say constitutes danger to
citizens, including students who may commute to school in the wee hours of the
morning, a peak time for stray animals.
Director of the Animal Protection Department at the
Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP) Lara Al-Majali objected to using “stray
dogs” when describing the foundling canine, explaining that they should be
called “street dogs”.
Culturally, people tend to generally discriminate
against abandoned and homeless animals, encouraging the negative thinking about
street dogs.
She pointed out that Israel successfully produced
quality breeds from street dogs because they are smart, not fierce and are good
guards.
She asserted that her statement should not be
interpreted as a call for following the footsteps of the Israeli occupation
while dealing with street dogs, but rather to show that they can be of use.
Majali emphasized that killing street dogs is
considered an extermination of a specific animal type, which could ultimately
lead to the creation of an “environmental imbalance”. She insisted that
poisoning dogs is also prohibited internationally.
Street dogs appear in the roads due to the wrong
human practices, such as throwing garbage outside the designated waste
“containers”, which contributes to the spread of the homeless, and largely
hungry, dogs in residential areas to fetch food.
Majali said she believed that most of the complaints
about dogs are related to fear, not sterility.
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