В Бахрейне, где проводится ОСВ, бродячие собаки уничтожают фермерских животных.
Farms near the Budaiya Highway are stepping up security after stray dogs killed 35 goats and sheep in an attack on Friday.
В Сааре в результате нападения бродячих собак погибли 35 овец и коз.
Еще 15 животных ранено.
gulf-daily-news.com, 10.05.2015
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По словам владельца животных Али Аль Магаби, это уже второе нападение собак на его животных за последний месяц.
"В прошлый раз собаки убили 23 утки, что заставило нас увеличить высоту забора с двух метров до трех", говорит он.
"15 раненых коз получают медицинскую помощь, но положение некоторых из них критическое. Лучше быть убитыми после нападения, чем так мучиться", добавил он.
Г-н Магаби заявил, что он со своими партнерами по ферме намерен обратиться в общество по предотвращению жестокости к животными Бахрейна (BSPCA), чтобы они установили на его ферме ловушки для собак. Также он призвал полицию усилить меры по борьбе с бродячими собаками.
Сообщения о нападениях собак на животных поступали также из соседних городов Бани Джамра и Магаба. Были случаи нападения собак на людей.
Между тем, председатель BSPCA Махмуд Аль Фарадж сказал, что его общество готово предоставить ловушки для поимки собак. Но их убийство запрещено в связи с проведением программы стерилизации бродячих собак в Бахрейне.
Однако, по словам г-на Аль Фараджа, стерилизация пока не оправдывает себя, так как ее официальная и финансовая поддержка недостаточна. Нужно искать новые возможности для решения этой проблемы. Сейчас муниципалитет работает над этим.
Ранее мы писали, что в Ситре (Бахрейн), в результате бездействия властей в решении проблемы бездомных животных, неизвестные начали охоту на бродячих собак используя для отстрела собак огнетушители переделанные под оружие стреляющее металлическими прутьями!
Местные зоозащитники "бьют тревогу". Шейх Бахрейна заявил, что такого не допустит.
Farm safety alert over dog attacks
FARMS near the Budaiya Highway are stepping up security after stray dogs killed 35 goats and sheep in an attack on Friday.
Another 15 animals were injured in the incident in Saar, which has prompted farm owners to start work on improving fences and appoint staff to guard their livestock.
Ali Al Maqabi, whose animals were killed in the latest attack, said it was the second such incident in less than a month.
"Previously, stray dogs killed around 23 ducks, which forced us to heighten the fence from two-and-a-half metres to three-and-a-half metres," he said.
"It is better to be dead after an attack rather than left wounded.
"With 35 animals killed on Friday, we were left with 15 goats and sheep to nurse and have bought the necessary medicines, but several are critical."
Mr Al Maqabi, who is a partner in the farm with his father Saeed and brother Isa, said he now planned to approach the Bahrain Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA) to purchase dog traps.
However, he also called on police to take action to reduce the number of wild dogs on the streets.
"Our workers will guard the farm and this is an arrangement we have with other farms nearby," he said.
"We will also buy the traps from the society, but they (stray dogs) are large in number. They come in packs and it requires police intervention before it is too late and there are more casualties."
Attacks by stray dogs on birds and domestic animals in nearby Bani Jamra and Maqaba have also been reported.
However, Northern Municipal Council vice-chairman Ahmed Al Kooheji told the GDN that people had also been attacked - specifically joggers and residents living near Saar Mall.
"The stray dog attacks are mainly in my area," he said.
"I have asked the Interior Ministry to deal with it through official letters, however, as everyone knows shooting animals is now prohibited.
"That doesn't mean there are no alternatives to eradicate stray dogs, but letting them run wild like this is extremely dangerous.
"Jumping over farms' two-metre fences or entering by other means shows the dogs are smarter than they appear and a plan has to be introduced before children are attacked.
"There were attacks on joggers last month near Saar Mall. Earlier in the month I had to run with my luggage from a taxi dropping me home from the airport, after a group of dogs spotted me."
Meanwhile, BSPCA chairman Mahmood Al Faraj said the society was prepared to provide traps and pick up any dogs that were snared.
"We have traps available for those who want to keep dogs away and whenever called we will collect those caught," he said.
However, he also claimed farmers could do more to protect their animals.
"Killing stray dogs is something we can't accept and farm owners should stop being lazy and addressing the problem the easy way," he said.
Mr Al Faraj highlighted the BSPCA's own efforts to reduce the number of stray dogs on Bahrain's streets through a neutering programme, which he said collapsed due to a lack of official support.
"There were ambitious plans to deal with stray dogs that involved a catch, neuter and release programme, which would have cost around BD300,000, but there was no financial support," he said.
"I heard that the municipalities are currently working on it."
He also claimed that it was rare for a stray dog to attack a human.
"In general, stray dogs tend to avoid contact with human beings and if there are any cases of attacks then police have to be informed," he said.
Thugs 'hunting' stray dogs
DOGS are being "hunted" in Sitra by gangs of thugs wielding fire extinguishers that have been modified to shoot metal rods, according to an activist.
Animal welfare organisation Bahrain Strays has recorded three deaths that can be attributed to the grisly bloodsport, member Alisa Lappo told the GDN.
"I feed dogs in Sitra, Sanad and Seef area three times a week," she said.
"I spoke to an Indian man at a labour camp in Sitra who told me that he saw Bahraini teenagers hunting dogs by firing metal rods at them.
"Three dogs died as a result of this and he said the teenagers would continue doing it as if it was a sport.
"It's a tragedy to know this is taking place in Bahrain.
"Dogs and cats will never harm a person or attack them without a reason, so why hurt and torture them?"
Other abuses Ms Lappo said that she had witnessed included a motorist attempting to run over a dog in Sitra and two children in Isa Town who asked her to take part in an illegal dog fight.
"I was walking my dog in Isa Town when two children aged nine came over and asked me if I would let my dog fight their dog," she said.
"I was stunned and told them 'of course not' before I walked away."
Tails Veterinary Centre owner Ahmed Al Sharaf told the GDN that such abuses were widespread.
"We receive around seven injured dogs a week with broken bones from cars running over them," he said.
"On Instagram, people advertise their dogs as fighting dogs and this is sickening.
"There are many 'underground' places in Bahrain, including Isa Town, where dog fights take place and it is a big profitable business to the people involved.
"We know one person we suspect of taking part in these illegal fights who sends his dogs, which he keeps on a farm, to other clinics to be treated after the fights.
"There should be strict punishments for this."
Another Bahrain Strays member, Rengin Maklai, said a lack of education was the issue.
"We want everyone in Bahrain to be educated and enlightened about the matter of illegal dog fighting rings and encourage more families to foster stray animals to save them," she said.
"They can also adopt them but if they cannot they can foster them and then give them for adoption."
MP Shaikh Majeed Al Asfoor, whose constituency covers south Sitra, told the GDN that he was not aware of the dog hunts and claimed that local residents would not allow such things to happen.
"I haven't heard of this and it would of course be utterly unacceptable if it did take place," he said.
"The people there would not accept it and would stop the children from doing so if they saw them.
"They cannot simply kill the dogs in the street without people stepping in to stop this from happening in Sitra."
The GDN reported in May last year on illegal dog fights taking place across Bahrain.
Activists claimed tens of thousands of dinars in illegal gambling revenue was being made at the fights, which take place in secret locations.
Dogs are starved, beaten and forced to fight each other while smaller dogs are often used as bait to aggravate the fighting dogs.
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