LOCAL councils will no longer be allowed to shoot stray dogs under the Animal Welfare Bill passed by the Dewan Rakyat or they risk being fined up to RM100,000.
Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob gave his assurance that dogs would be listed as among those animals that could not be shot by local authorities as one way of controlling their population.
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