TOO MANY DOCS
Though 150,000 dogs have been killed in Turkish Constantinople during the past sixteen years, they are still to be seen roving about the by-streets, while at night they congregate in gangs, and, emerging from desolate suburbs, make their appearance in the centre of the town. They are, indeed, a permanent challenge to the authorities. Many methods of destroying the dogs have been tried. The one most used has been the spreading of food containing strychnine. Another method was to pay a premium for each dog killed by the population, payment being made on the -presentation of a tail. The Istanbul municipality has decided to kill the dogs with gas, and the necessary installations have been,erected on the premises of the Society for the Protection of Animals. P< ■ . '._,..
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 146, 18 December 1933, Page 7
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130TOO MANY DOCS Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 146, 18 December 1933, Page 7
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