US EditionGeorgia's street dogs stir affection, fear, national debate
Tbilisi has neutered 74% of its estimated 29,000 stray dogs and enforces humane control amid ongoing rabies risks and public health concerns.
- Tbilisi city officials have said a recent count put the capital's stray dog population at 29,000 and around 74 percent have been neutered, with humane control efforts ongoing.
- Swelling numbers in the tens of thousands in Tbilisi have become a nationwide dilemma, with stray animals topping a poll at 22 percent and NGOs affected by recent legislative changes, according to volunteers.
- Volunteers say Zacharia Dolidze and local carers have built about 2,500 kennels over seven years and organise rabies shots, deworming, and fundraising on Facebook.
- Shelter operator Sara Anna Modzmanashvili Kemecsei says, `You can make regulations, but if you cannot enforce them, that's not going to help,' as last year a dog bite prompted posts‑exposure shots and legislators tightened penalties amid enforcement gaps.
- According to the World Health Organization, dogs are the main vectors in human rabies cases globally, while journalists say Tbilisi residents and tourists have mixed feelings about street dogs as symbols of hospitality.
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_**Between popular affection and public health issues, the presence of tens of thousands of stray dogs shapes the daily life of Tbilisi and questions municipal policies.**_ In the arteries of the Georgian capital, a canine population free of its movements is part of the urban landscape. Identifiable to atrial brands, these animals are positioned [...] Read more Georgia in the face of the dilemma of street dogs appeared first on Le Singulier.
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