More than 30 street dogs in Matariya district have been killed in a Monday crackdown by Cairo governorate to eliminate stray, violent animals, according to Youm7.
The governorate has received a series of complaints by Matariya residents of repeated attacks by stray dogs.
Many stray dogs have been seen over the past months lying dead in the street as the government tends to handle stray animals crisis by poison.
The government has been slammed by animal rights activists of adopting “unmerciful” ways to deal with the problem.
Former Deputy Head of the Veterinarian Services Authority Hassan Shafiq previously told The Cairo Post that thousands of animals are poisoned across Egypt every year using a deadly pesticide called strychnine.
