Pakistan, Jan. 26 -- The Balochistan government has directed the Quetta Metropolitan Corporation (QMC) to stop the killing of stray animals and instead adopt internationally recognised, humane methods for managing their population, officials said on Monday.

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In a statement shared on social media platform X, Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti said that the issue of stray animals could not be resolved through culling and required modern, scientific and ethical approaches. He stressed that the government was committed to implementing the TNVR (Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, Release) method as a sustainable solution.

"The problem of stray animals does ...