US ban on dog imports from Egypt leaves animal rescuers ‘paralyzed’

Phanuwat Yoksiri/iStock(CAIRO) — In Egypt, the sight of stray dogs being chased, stoned, beaten up by sticks or even poisoned is not entirely uncommon. There has always been a way out for at least some of those dogs — commonly referred to as “baladi dogs” in colloquial Arabic, which means a native Egyptian breed — …

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