Stop The Killing Of Stray Dogs And Cats In Egypt

  • by: Animal Rights Activist
  • recipient: Ministry of Agriculture, General Organization for Veterinary Services, WSPA, Societies and organizations for protection of animals in Egypt, Prime Minister of Egypt, Ministry of state of environmental affairs.

20 years of killing stray animals in Egypt. Killing has proven to be ineffective to cut down the numbers of stray animals (killing will only activate the survival genes of the dogs and cats and they will start mating and reproducing at a younger age of six months); the only effective way is to adopt a more humane policy such as TNVR (Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Release).

The Killing Methods

The Egyptian authorities kill packs and packs of dogs by randomly shooting them, which rarely kill them instantly; instead they are left to bleed for several days until they die in pain and agony or survive with broken bones or paralysis of any of their limbs

The more recent adapted method of killing stray animals is by scattering  poisoned meat or bones  around  the garbage,  on the roads, pavements and gardens  which are later eaten by the dogs and cats (not only strays, many pets died from eating poisoned food as well). The poison used is Strychnine which put the dogs through violent seizures, rigidity, muscle stiffness, fast heart rate, difficult or slow breathing, then cessation of breathing which eventually leads to death. This poison has dangerous effects on humans as well who may come in contact with the poisoned food as in the case of poor people, street children and garbage collectors.

Other Killing methods adopted by the public are drowning, starving and torturing. Sometimes glass filled food is fed to puppies which cause extreme pain while digesting the food and eventually in most cases leads to death.

Ministry of Agriculture’s General Organization for Veterinary Services has recently decided to stop the killing of stray dogs and cats and starts to sterilize them instead. Mr. Ayman Farid Abu Hadid “Minister of Agriculture” assured that this plan will start to take place according to a map where strays are known to be over populated.

Many Massacres have already been held against strays and while this year was expected to be a good one for dogs, cats and animals’ lovers, tens of dogs have been poisoned and killed in the Red Sea Resort Town of Sharm El Sheikh and Dahab Town and just from a couple of days I witnessed myself many dogs poisoned and left dead in Haram “Pyramids” st., Giza where I live.

Please sign this petition to

* Stop the killing of stray dogs and cats
* Adopt more humane solutions to control the numbers of strays’ population.
* Stop the importing of Strychnine poison
* Raise the awareness among the public through schools, churches and mosques to stop the cruelty against animals.
* Change the laws that protect animals in Egypt to be stricter, clearer and more effective.
* Monitor and support the plan of the Ministry of Agriculture’s General Organization for Veterinary Services to start sterilizing instead of killing. This monitoring can be done by several societies and organizations for the protection of Animal Rights in Egypt.
* Stop the killing of stray dogs and cats immediately until the sterilization plan takes place all over in Egypt.

We the undersigned felt the need to grab your attention to the merciless and random killing of stray dogs and cats using inhumane methods and the lack of more effective, scientifical and merciful methods such as sterilizing.


We signed this petition to ask you to help to:


* Stop the killing of stray dogs and cats
* Adopt more humane solutions to control the numbers of strays’ population.
* Stop the importing of Strychnine poison
* Raise the awareness among the public through schools, churches and mosques to stop the cruelty against animals.
* Change the laws that protect animals in Egypt to be stricter, clearer and more effective.
* Monitor and support the plan of the Ministry of Agriculture’s General Organization for Veterinary Services to start sterilizing instead of killing. This monitoring can be done by several societies and organizations for the protection of Animal Rights in Egypt.
* Stop the killing of stray dogs and cats immediately until the sterilization plan takes place all over in Egypt.


And let me end this by quoting the great leader Mohandas Ghandi; "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."


Thank you.

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