A humane path for strays

Stray dogs roaming around a landfill in Papan, Perak.

Recently, in Ipoh, over 200 Malaysians gathered at night not in anger, but in solemn remembrance. Candlelight flickered in the hands of mothers, students, retirees – people from all walks of life – honouring the lives of thirty dogs recently euthanised at the Lahat Animal Detention Centre in Ipoh.

What brought them there was grief. But what they lit wasn’t just wax and flame – it was the beginning of a brighter, more humane conversation.