Feeding stray dogs is a kind gesture, but please spay them too


Dog feeders are all kind people but if they are not prepared to go the extra mile and get the strays neutered, the victims are going to be the dogs, says Wani. Photo:ANOIR CHAFIK/Unsplash

You may think you're doing a good deed when you feed the stray dogs in your neighbourhood but this may actually lead to more problems – for the animals and also the community – if the stray animals are not spayed or neutered, says Wani Muthiah, founder of Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better (MDDB).

“Feeding and neutering go hand in hand. When MDDB started out, our main intention was to reduce the number of strays on the street. The only way to do that is to get them neutered.

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