Mass Culling

I. Mass Culling Incidents:

Bahamas:

https://www.spcai.org/our-work/shelter-support-fund/shelter-list/baark

Canada:

https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1732300419996/1732300456676

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-apologizes-inuit-communities-mass-killing-sled-dogs-decades-ago-2024-11-23/

China:

https://www.pawschicago.org/news-resources/news-features/animal-welfare/animal-welfare-news-item/showarticle/beijing-animals-endure-the-ugly-side-of-the-olympics

Ethiopia:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wy4d5p4pxo

https://www.theafricareport.com/5967/ethiopia-mass-dog-killing-concerns-hit-addis-ababa/

France:

https://magnifymind.com/cat-massacres-in-medieval-france/

Georgia:

https://unn.ua/en/news/a-large-scale-protest-against-the-brutal-stray-dog-culling-program-took-place-in-georgia

Great Britain:

https://www.nahf.org/article/british-pet-massacre

https://random-times.com/2019/07/27/englands-almost-forgotten-pet-massacre-of-1939/

India:

https://worldanimalnews.com/2026/02/04/over-1000-stray-dogs-reportedly-killed-in-telangana-india-in-a-month-long-mass-culling/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34037359

Indonesia:

https://theworld.org/stories/2016/07/30/bali-s-government-unrepentant-dog-killing-spree

Malaysia:

https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/news/press-statements/press-statements/press-statement-the-malaysian-bar-decries-the-inhumane-mass-culling-of-stray-dogs-in-negeri-sembilan

https://www.asiaforanimals.com/post/free-roaming-dog-management-in-malaysia-a-call-for-humane-solutions

Mexico:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/street-dogs-killed-mexico-state-sheinbaum/

Morocco:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/20/sport/morocco-stray-dogs-2030-world-cup-spt

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15775075/Heart-breaking-footage-shows-dogs-rounded-mass-killing-Morocco-ahead-World-Cup-millions-set-slaughtered.html

Myanmar:

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/19/stray-dogs-yangon-myanmar-mass-cull-child-attacks

Pakistan:

https://www.oipa.org/international/stray-dogs-pakistan-mass-culling/

Russia:

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/may/29/russia-stray-dogs-world-cup-cull-sochi-yekaterinburg

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/08/10/death-sentence-russia-passes-law-permitting-euthanization-of-stray-animals-a81959

Turkey:

https://www.ft.com/content/ad27bda3-a533-4621-aa0b-6722d533a351

https://time.com/7005319/turkey-stray-dogs-massacre-law/

South Africa:

https://ladyfreethinker.org/sign-stop-the-deadly-mass-poisoning-of-dogs-in-s-africa/

Tunisia:

https://www.rfi.fr/en/dangerous-stray-dogs-pose-culling-dilemma-in-n-africa

Uganda:

https://vetline.de/culling-dogs-to-control-rabies-in-uganda-an-example-of-moral-distress-for-a-veterinary-officer

U.S.A.:

https://bestfriends.org/who-we-are/media/every-25-minutes-dog-unnecessarily-killed-us-shelters

https://academic.oup.com/whq/article/56/4/295/8286379?login=false

II. Anti-Culling Websites:

https://www.icam-coalition.org/evidence-against-culling-dogs-and-cats/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7612386/

https://rabiesalliance.org/news/garc-releases-statement-dog-culling-rabies-control

https://rabiesalliance.org/resource/garc-position-statement-culling-2026

https://www.worldanimalprotection.us/ending-inhumane-culling-faq/

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