The Aradkouh Stray Dogs Shelter has been hired by the Tehran city government to take a new, more humane approach to deal with the burgeoning problem of stray dogs in the capital. District 18, for example, a poor neighborhood in Tehran's southwest known for its farmland, brick furnace towers, junkyards and factories, has some of the most stray dogs in the city. However, police dogs, shepherd dogs and rescue dogs are common, and there have been no reports of clerical backlash against the shelter's operations. Prior to the shelter's arrival, the preferred method of dealing with stray animals was to shoot them dead. Veterinarian Habib Golzardi performs a sterilization surgery on a stray dog at Aradkouh Stray Dogs ShelterAn urban animal control worker catches a stray dog after being shot with his anesthetic dartCaught stray dogs stand on their cage's wall at Aradkouh Stray Dogs Shelter(Photo credit: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Source: Egypt Independent March 16, 2017 09:11 UTC