This is actually a good thing. The wild dog population in Iraq is out of control and a huge problem there. One thing for everyone to think about when you are out there is don’t be surprised if you see these guys walking around with shotguns, shooting up dogs in the streets and cities. It would be very easy to mistake these guys as the enemy or think there is some kind of firefight with all of the gun fire caused by this culling operation. It looks like they are operating in teams of four–two shooters, two vets, and possibly some police escorting them around. And this is just for Baghdad. I can’t even imagine how big the stray dog population is throughout Iraq. –Matt
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Baghdad to cull a million stray dogs as rogue canine population soars
June 11, 2010
More than a million stray dogs roaming Baghdad are facing destruction.
The initiative has so far led to 42,000 strays being killed in only two months.
Teams of riflemen and vets are trying to thin out a rogue canine population that has reached at least 1,250,000.
Numbers grew hugely after the fall of Saddam because of the lawless state of the Iraqi capital.
But with the streets now much safer, the authorities are trying to clear out the stray dogs.