Armenia to Build Public Toilets...and Kill Dogs!

I wish there was a joke in there somewhere, but there isn't. At least in the United States, stray dogs are given the option of adoption, whether by the government or private groups.

The municipality will allocate land for building some 50 public lavatories, Karen Gevorgyan, trade and service department head of the municipality, told a briefing today. He said they understand the need of lavatories as tourism develops in Armenia.

The municipality also makes sterilization of outdoors dogs. Gevorgyan says at least 30 percent of outdoors dogs will be eliminated in 5 years. The municipality official said they had invited an American expert to share more experience in work with outdoors animals. “They do not ask money for that,” he said.

Something tells me that sterilization is a euphemism for - uhhh, what's the word I'm looking for? oh yeah - death! On a private note, tourists to Armenia inform me that animals which are no longer alive are left to rot on the streets. Thus, the true motivation for this news: more money from tourism as a result of expanded facilities and clean-of-all-living-animals streets!

Source: Panorama