Stray dogs occupy National Museum

Stray dogs have made resting place at National Museum of Pakistan in the metropolis. The dogs are seen roaming inside the museum, posing threat to visitors and employees. Some dogs sit in front of the museum building, which shows how authorities are efficient to protect an important cultural site of Karachi.

The rising number of stray dogs in and outside the museum have become menace which needs to be ended with immediate effect through a result-oriented campaign. The dogs also roam in streets in Burns Road, Sindh Secretariat, Arts Council, Sindh Muslim College and Shaheen Complex areas, which is bad for reputation of the metropolis. Roaming of dogs in National Museum of Pakistan and around Sindh Assembly areas is not a good omen.

The citizens have been complaining since long to rid the main areas of the city of stray dogs, but there is no solid action from Sindh and city governments yet.

A visitor, Jameel Ahmed, a resident of Bohra Peer, told PPI at National Museum of Pakistan that in past, there were two separate sides for women and men in this park but now this park is on the brink of destruction, as there is no proper gardening, watering and cleaning at this park, he added.

Another visitor, Rehman, said that in the past there were a crowed of visitors with their families in this museum, but now we can see just few people and couples in this culture site.

Munir Khan, a resident of Burns Road area, said that the dogs are usually seen around garbage heaps during the day, while they wander on roads and streets at night. He said the dogs usually move in small groups and become violent when they come among pedestrians.

The stray dogs come out on the streets mostly later in the evening and bit people, said Kamran Khan, another resident of Burns Road area. He said that in the past the relevant authorities had been taking action for eliminating stray dogs, but now again a large number of dogs are seen roaming here and there. Another citizen, Adnan Jameel, who thinks that killing dogs is not the only option said, “If there is proper planning, government can actually put these poor dogs up for sale. I am sure many would be willing to buy them.”

A doctor, Mirza Ali Azhar, said that that a man bitten by a stray dog having rabies virus will die with 99% in short span of time as there is no treatment for this case. However, there is need to give vaccines to stray dogs. This vaccines is available at major hospitals of Karachi. He said that dogs should be reduced in the city while vaccine should be made available at every hospitals of the country.