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Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students of a school in Erbil city have conducted a campaign to collect food and supplies for about 600 dogs in shelters for the second year, with the dogs previously being strays.
The campaign is being led by a British organization, who is distributing booklets to students that raise awareness about environmental protection and how to properly treat animals.
Bashdar Khalid, the principal of King’s School, a private school in Erbil, told Rudaw that about 500 students participated in the campaign in collaboration with a number of private NGOs.
“We want to convey the message that work must be done to collect stray dogs from the streets and provide them with a safe place,” Khalid said.
Stray dogs are often considered a menace and a public health issue in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. They are commonly shooed away, beaten, hit with sticks, and killed by cars.
A few years ago, a policeman in Erbil proudly admitted to killing around 3,000 stray dogs, 40 of whom he shot in one night.
The campaign is being led by a British organization, who is distributing booklets to students that raise awareness about environmental protection and how to properly treat animals.
Bashdar Khalid, the principal of King’s School, a private school in Erbil, told Rudaw that about 500 students participated in the campaign in collaboration with a number of private NGOs.
“We want to convey the message that work must be done to collect stray dogs from the streets and provide them with a safe place,” Khalid said.
Stray dogs are often considered a menace and a public health issue in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. They are commonly shooed away, beaten, hit with sticks, and killed by cars.
A few years ago, a policeman in Erbil proudly admitted to killing around 3,000 stray dogs, 40 of whom he shot in one night.
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Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs
Students at an Erbil school collect donations for 600 shelter dogs