MPs call on the government to take decisive action to confront stray dogs

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Several parliamentarians called on the government to take serious and decisive measures to eliminate the phenomenon of the spread of stray animals in all governorates, which constitutes a danger to the lives of citizens. Some MPs criticized the pressure of animal welfare associations in this case..

This came during a meeting of the Local Administration Committee in the House of Representatives, chaired by Engineer Ahmed Al-Sejini, on Wednesday, to follow up the recommendations issued by the Committee regarding the phenomenon of stray dogs and how to confront them and deal with them, in the presence of representatives of Ministries of Agriculture,.

MP Mohammed al-Husseini, a member of the local administration committee, said: "I am sure that the government will not use the Ministry of Agriculture, the environment or anything else. Our speech at the previous hearing was clear. We would like to talk on the ground. , Where this committee, which was recommended by the Parliament to form ?, What was done?"He said.

He continued: "This phenomenon has become very serious and difficult, you are a responsible man with an Arab riding and closing the glass, the good citizen walking in the street protects himself Azai, the terrorist Ali Farf armed with his death and the dog, the citizen runs and harms him and his death can not be needed, the government is afraid of the We have a hearing and we have officials, experts, specialists, media and the subject is great, and after that we do not know how to solve the problem of dogs, because they have a strong pressure on the government and they are afraid to deal with these dogs. This way, even if you allocate a billion pounds,"He said.

MP Mohammed al-Husseini: People will work er, a child bites a dog and a capable officer works need, what an official walks in the street bite a dog can feel a sense of piety and hard, if a passenger Tok Tok dog dog"He said.

Dina Abdel Aziz, a member of the committee, said that 750 million pounds in cost to fight stray dogs is not a large sum. "Animal welfare organizations that deal with the government can help allocate grants to fight stray animals, Sure dogs are possible to benefit from, and be a resource for the state"He said.

"The amount of 740 million pounds is not a problem. The phenomenon of stray animals is a serious problem for the Egyptian citizen, who is in the popular areas and in the countryside," said MP Mohammed Salah Abu Hamaila, a member of the committee. "The rights of the animals are based on the interests of citizens. With the availability of the dog serum in the health units and the need to get there, the person who is bitten by a dog in a village on what the hospital transfers to the center can die. We need to raise the problem for the prime minister and bring together the competent ministers."He said.

For his part, MP Yusra Al-Assiouti said: "Mona Mehrez, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Aisha, implements the tools not available, and the first official before the committee is the Ministry of Local Development, who talks about the cost, the dogs do not feed the citizen and the Ministry of Health treat him and this costs money. A meeting must be held under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister and replaced by the Minister of Local Development, in order to have the will of the state to eliminate the phenomenon. If a meeting is required, a decision is required and the responsibilities of each party shall be determined. Aha works, and in the other the implementing agency is medicine Vetri has the tools and possibilities are implemented"He said.

MP Attia Moussa said: "The Egyptian citizen is more important than any associations, whether animal or other, the official wants to give direct instructions to the management of veterinary medicine deals, and the protection of the most important citizen, any governor suffers a citizen of the bite of a dog is forced to resign Altlut, the Egyptian citizen more important than any associations"He said.

The deputy Badawi al-Nuweishi, the deputy of the local administration committee: "Why not allocate in the conservation plan part of the financial funds to eliminate the stray dogs in coordination with the Ministry of Interior and the environment and all concerned parties?"He said.