Extermination operations carried out by the state against dogs and the use of the internationally banned poison strychnine to combat street dogs!
Published research on strychnine poison indicates that it is a highly toxic substance and dangerous to the environment, as it is a type of poison whose use is prohibited in many countries.
It is used by government agencies represented by the Ministry of Agriculture, local units, and veterinary medicine to combat the spread of dogs in the streets, as it became clear that “strychnine” is not listed on the poison tables of the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Agriculture, as this poison cannot be identified or a certificate of analysis given by any medical authority. It is proven that he was infected, and the result of the analysis is that he was poisoned with an “unknown” substance!!
Published research on strychnine poison indicates that it is a highly toxic substance and dangerous to the environment, as it is a type of poison whose use is prohibited in many countries.
It is used by government agencies represented by the Ministry of Agriculture, local units, and veterinary medicine to combat the spread of dogs in the streets, as it became clear that “strychnine” is not listed on the poison tables of the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Agriculture, as this poison cannot be identified or a certificate of analysis given by any medical authority. It is proven that he was infected, and the result of the analysis is that he was poisoned with an “unknown” substance!!
Using it in this way means that it is an outdoor weapon.
The lethal dose taken by mouth in humans is less than 5 mg/kg, which is sufficient to kill an adult because it causes violent convulsions and paralysis of the respiratory system in a period ranging from 15 to 60 seconds.
It is also a highly toxic substance that can be fatal if swallowed or absorbed through the skin. Although it is not combustible, it may decompose upon heating and produce highly toxic fumes that may reach water or soil and contaminate it.
The lethal dose taken by mouth in humans is less than 5 mg/kg, which is sufficient to kill an adult because it causes violent convulsions and paralysis of the respiratory system in a period ranging from 15 to 60 seconds.
It is also a highly toxic substance that can be fatal if swallowed or absorbed through the skin. Although it is not combustible, it may decompose upon heating and produce highly toxic fumes that may reach water or soil and contaminate it.
It threatens the environmental balance on the one hand and biological diversity on the other hand, as killing crowds of dogs in this brutal way reduces or eliminates their presence in certain areas, such as the Fifth Settlement area, for example, where rats and various rodents and snakes have spread due to the absence of their natural enemy, which is dogs. Egyptian Municipality, which clearly revealed an imbalance in the environment as a result of campaigns directed to eliminate dogs.
Since the expansion of the killing of local dogs threatens their extinction, which is an authentic species of animal in Egypt, it must not be eliminated or exterminated, but rather dealt with according to the need, whether by vaccination or sterilization, which are the ideal solution.
But this has side effects that will cause an imbalance in the environmental and biological balance, and the dog has an indispensable role in the environment
But this has side effects that will cause an imbalance in the environmental and biological balance, and the dog has an indispensable role in the environment
