The authorities in the capital of the Pristina Kosovo say 190 stray dogs were shot and killed in the first three weeks of a campaign of slaughter that has been severely criticized by love animals.
The urban areas of the tiny Balkans country, which declared the independence of the Serbia in 2008, was hampered by packs of dogs often attacking people. A baby died last year after bitten by several dogs, raising calls on the authorities to do something.
Their solution has caused an outcry.
The local Council "against her will was forced to undertake an inhumane approach" and hire group a Hunter to kill the stray after no animal does rights groups bidding for a project for Government shelter dogs, spokesman for Pristina Muhamet Gashi said Wednesday.
In response, an animal rights group presented a petition signed by more than 2,000 residents of Pristina, urging a stop to the slaughter.
"It is not humane and it is not always a quick kill." "It is often a slow agony," said Dennis Capstick, a spokesman for the Animal Friends of Kosovo.
"It is a fast solution and it only creates problems, because you then create a vacuum and dogs more in surrounding areas come", he added. "You end up having a larger problem that you started with.
Hunters hired to do the shooting refused to speak to journalists or allow on their sprees to kill every evening since harrowing images of the shooting appeared to TV Klan from Kosovo last month.
The shootings are monitored by the Kosovo police and dead dogs are eliminated to a site outside Pristina. The program will go on until the problem is solved, the authorities said.
The Serbia, who has vowed not to abandon its claim to Kosovo even if 75 countries recognize it as independent, also has a stray dog huge problem, fuelled by years of war, poverty and the absence of any Government to stray neutral or control strategy.
"These dogs need shelter and not a bullet,", said Aridan Agaj, 27, a resident of Pristina. "We had enough shooting in this part of the world anyway."
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