Aseefa angry at poisoning of stray dogs

KARACHI: Aseefa Zardari, the youngest daughter of former president Asif Ali Zadari, has condemned the poisoning of hundreds of stray dogs in Karachi carried out by the municipality in a bid to curb the population of stray dogs in the city.

Aseefa spoke out against the act on Twitter on Thursday, saying that “I am extremely angry at this [the killing of stray dogs].”

Her tweets came after officials poisoned hundreds of dogs in the latest effort to curb a population of stray dogs that attack many people each year in the teeming mega-city of some 20 million.

Dead dogs littered areas of the city where municipal workers gathered them for disposal.

“At least 700 dogs have been killed only in two areas of Karachi’s south in the last couple of days,” said Sattar Javed, a spokesman for the municipal authority.