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“CAIRO: It was a real tragedy when a few years ago Fadya, a Maadi resident, passed away. Death is a certainty, although the causes that lead to it are many, as goes the well-known Arabic proverb. But in the case of Fadya, who died at the age of 53, the cause was a rabid stray dog’s bite.”
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“This, as well as several other similar incidents, should highlight the issue of stray dogs.
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Last month the press reported that animals attacked some students near Helwan University. Even in Maadi, where many animal friends’ societies are based, the problem persists in a district whose quiet, dark streets at night are an ideal hotbed for gangs of stray dogs.”
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“”But neither shooting nor poisoning has proved effective in curbing the phenomenon,” said Riham Saeed, of the Egyptian Society of Animal Friends, Maadi”
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“”Because that proved to be painful, we made a point of marking the animals that had undergone operations by cutting a chip from one of their ears, a technique that we’ve borrowed from some European countries.”

While elaborating on the possibility of carrying out new campaigns, Saeed pointed out that if we join hands, one day, like in the developed West, we might end up not having street animals.

“Every animal there has an owner, but in case it has none, it is mercifully killed. We don’t rule out killing sometimes, but it should be done according to rules. After all, as Muslims, we have been preached to have mercy for animals.””