700 of stray dogs poisoned in Karachi to curb attacks

Officials have poisoned hundreds of dogs in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi in the latest effort to curb a population of strays that attack thousands of people each year in the teeming mega-city of some 20 millionBodies of dead dogs littered areas of the city where municipal workers gathered them for disposal. “At least 700 dogs have been killed only in two areas of Karachi’s south in the last couple of days,” said Sattar Javed, a spokesperson for the municipal authority.

Officials estimated the citywide operation that started this week had culled thousands of strays but did not have a full accounting for all six city districts.