Fair handling of strays needed


ISPCA is suggesting that complainants capture videos to show proof of street dogs chasing people, when lodging a complaint to the local council. — By RONNIE CHIN/The Star

ANIMAL welfare non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are calling for stronger measures to manage strays in Perak.

The NGOs, following public outrage over a distressing video showing uniformed workers burying dead dogs at a pound near the Lahat landfill, are urging for action to be taken on the catching, euthanising and reclaiming of captured dogs.

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