Over 6,000 stray dogs caught in residential areas

Abdullah Al-Badhal, Director of the Animal Health Department at the Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources, revealed that the Authority was able to catch about 6,500 stray dogs in the past year after receiving about complaints/ reports from various residential areas.

Abdullah Al-Badhal confirmed during an interview on Al-Akhbar channel that stray dogs are treated as per the Animal Welfare Law, noting that the Authority has two sanctuaries for strays, one in Fahaheel and the other on the Sixth Ring Road.

He explained that some of the seized dogs are adopted by people after their pictures are posted on social media, and the rest are left back in the wild after being sterilized to ensure that they do not reproduce.

He said that the Authority works 24 hours a day and receives reports via phone or WhatsApp on +965 56575070, indicating that there is a plan to increase the number of vehicles designated to control stray dogs, in order to expedite and resolve complaints.