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Dogs and humans have enjoyed a bond, a dependency even, since time began. No decent human being would want to see the unnecessary suffering of dogs, yet through ignorance this is often condoned.
Every year millions of dogs from around the world are poisoned or shot in an effort by municipalities to rid their streets of the ‘menace’ of stray dogs. These dogs are treated as nothing more than vermin to be exterminated.
Dogs follow their instincts and breed to propagate their species. Humans can make the decision to control their own population, and they have also been given the gift of taking responsibilities for dogs.
Sadly, some people see that responsibility as the power to kill unwanted dogs - sometimes in the most inhumane of ways. This has been proven as an ineffective method of population control because the vacuum left is soon filled by other dogs from surrounding areas who move in to utilise the resources available, or by the surviving dogs using these resources to raise more puppies.
"Dogs Trust is working towards the day when all dogs can enjoy a happy life, free from the threat of unnecessary destruction."
