06/29/2025
This is from the Kurdish region in Iraq.
When we first saw this, we couldn’t believe our eyes.
Thousands of stray dogs dumped on a hillside outside Erbil. Some say over 10,000. The whole region supposedly has more than 300,000 strays.
Some say the dogs are cared for and fed. Others say they’re starving, sick, and left to die. But either way, there’s nothing good or ideal about what we see here.
This is what happens when there’s no real plan. No spay and neuter programs, no TVNR. Now the problem is so big, it’s impossible to catch up.
Authorities say they’ve rounded up over 14,000 dogs since early 2025 and built a shelter, but it’s overcrowded and dogs are still dying from disease, starvation, and violence.
There’s no clear answer. And for anyone who follows us, you know not everything can be solved.
No, we’re not starting an email campaign. This is a Third World country. Officials there aren’t going to care about emails from first-world Westerners.
Many countries in that region have issues with stray dogs. Unless a huge team goes there and physically rescues them, there’s not much that can be done.
We share this for awareness. Because some things in this world are just fu**ed up - but people still need to see it.
