An estimated 200 million stray dogs worldwide face disease, starvation, and often inhumane culling programs that fail to address the underlying problem.
Stray dogs experience chronic welfare challenges from hunger, disease, parasite burden, injury from vehicle collisions and fights, and persecution by humans. Mass culling methods including poisoning cause prolonged agonizing deaths. Electrocution, shooting, and beating cause traumatic suffering. Beyond control programs, individual strays face daily hardship from exposure, starvation, and untreated injuries. Rabies vaccination campaigns simultaneously protect human health and reduce the justification for lethal dog control.