An estimated 200 million stray dogs worldwide face harsh lives characterized by hunger, injury, disease, and inhumane population control methods.
Stray dogs in low-income countries face lives of chronic deprivation, injury from road accidents, and fear from periodic mass killing events. Poisoning and shooting campaigns cause prolonged suffering and fail to reduce populations sustainably. Evidence-based humane approaches combining vaccination, sterilization, and managed feeding reduce both dog suffering and human-dog conflict.