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A Day At Kampala’s ‘Maddening’ Stray Pets’ Shelter

Street pets are part of Kampala's social fabric and history, and pause a great risk to its residents. Alex Ochieng is rehoming some. Watch.

Rhonet Atwiine by Rhonet Atwiine
2022/09/21
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A Day At Kampala’s ‘Maddening’ Stray Pets’ Shelter

Alex Ocheing is becoming a household name in Uganda’s capital Kampala and for creating a safe haven for street dogs and other homeless pets.

Street pets are part of the city’s social fabric and history, and pause a great risk to its residents. Around 2016, city authorities reported that at least 300 schoolchildren were bitten by street dogs in a space of three months.

Around the same time, authorities rolled out a program to poison all city dogs. However, Ochieng thinks differently. Rhonet Atwiine visited the animal rehabilitation center.
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