Bhutan sterilised and vaccinated 100% of their street dog population

Re:Bhutan sterilised and vaccinated 100% of their street dog... by ars on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @02:26AM (#38174140)

I know yours is a joke comment, but without the dogs eating the food (the garbage), some other animal is going to eat it instead. I predict an explosion of rats in another decade.

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Re:Bhutan sterilised and vaccinated 100% of their street dog... by throw932490 on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @03:54AM (#38174659)

Not really. Dogs often topple over garbage bin, and spill content on streets. Some countries use garbage bags, dogs break those. Without dogs, there is a good chance garbage just stays in bins, and gets actually collected!

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Re:Bhutan sterilised and vaccinated 100% of their street dog... by ars on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @03:13PM (#38182148)

Rats are quite good at climbing and chewing - they are very able to get into garbage cans, unless they are metal and latched.

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