CRUELTY implies an administrative failure to adopt humane solutions. Despite the Lahore High Court’s orders to use vaccination and implement the gentle population control measures set in the Punjab Animal Birth Control Policy, 2021, the Metropolitan Corporation Lahore continues to shoot or poison stray dogs. Dog corpses, locals allege, are thrown in open areas, raising both public health and animal protection concerns. The shocking development flouts assurances by the authorities that they will switch to sterilisation........

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