Animal activist begs halt to culling of stray dogs


Jab time: A veterinarian injecting a pet dog during a ‘Rabies Awareness Campaign’ organised by the State Veterinary Services Department in Pokok Sena, Kedah.

GEORGE TOWN: A forum on rabies vaccination turned emotional when an animal activist knelt and begged the state authorities not to carry out the mass culling of stray dogs.

Penang Animal Welfare Society (4Paws) founder Barbara Janssen was in tears as she went down on her knees. She passed out momentarily before she was helped up.

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