The Netherlands is called the first country in the world where stray dogs are negligible.
On August 11, the Supreme Court ordered stray dogs to be sent to the shelter home in Delhi-NCR. People were divided into two parts regarding this order. One side states that this is a good step amid increasing incidence of dog bites. At the same time, people who raise the voice of animals argue that it is like crueling them. Even though people in the country are divided about this, in the meantime the example of Netherlands shows how this problem is solved. People here were also troubled by stray dogs and rabies cases.
Now the Netherlands is called the first country in the world where stray dogs are negligible. Interestingly, neither dogs were murdered nor inhumanely treated during the campaign here. Know how the Netherlands controlled stray dogs.
Dogs were a symbol of prosperity in the Netherlands, then how the situation deteriorated
The Netherlands is the country where dogs were considered a symbol of prosperity. There was a tradition of raising dogs in the homes of rich people. Things worsened from the 19th century. The graph of rabies cases increased rapidly. It began to take the form of an epidemic. As a result, people started leaving a large number of their dogs on the streets. In this way, people’s thinking started changing.
In the initial stages, dogs were slaughtered, but no solution was found. Gradually, the Netherlands government and the people here understood that killing them is not a solution to the problem.
How to control stray dogs?
The government took several steps to control it. The process of registration was made mandatory for every pet dog. In many cities, the dogs purchased in many cities imposed heavy tax so that people should take them from Shelter Homes instead of buying dogs from outside and do not raise them without thinking. Take full care. In order to control stray dogs, people inspired them to adopt them as pets. The NGOs and Volunteers together got thousands of dogs adopted.
The people of the country were motivated to take the animals from the shelter home instead of taking the stomach shop. Messages were given to show mercy on animals through media and with the help of schools. Provisions to impose strict punishment on those who have cruel behavior towards animals. Gradually, its effect started showing. The number of stray dogs decreased.
Facilities increased in Shelter Homes
Taking the terror of stray dogs seriously, the government conducted free sterilization campaign so that the population of stray dogs would not increase. Along with this, a policy was also made to not kill healthy dogs. Its effect showed that the Netherlands became the first country in the world which is free from stray dogs.
This is the reason that if you go to the Netherlands, you hardly see a stray dog. Today is the house of every dog in the Netherlands, it is very rare to find stray dogs on the streets there.
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