Harare - Animal rights activists in Zimbabwe on Monday condemned a decision by the city council of Bulawayo to shoot stray dogs to curb incidences of rabies.
"This is an unacceptable method being used by the [Bulawayo] municipality and the department of veterinary services," Edmund Lanca, chair of Zimbabwe's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), told Sapa.
According to the state-controlled Chronicle newspaper, 15 dogs had already been shot in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb after the council said it was worried about rabies.