Gaza animal shelter gets stray dogs off streets
With help from the Gaza municipality, a rescue group has established a rare animal shelter in the enclave.
Gaza CITY, Gaza Strip — Volunteer Ahmed Al-Wadia is busy feeding dozens of dogs in perhaps the Gaza Strip's only existing animal shelter.
The shelter, built on two dunams of land (2,000 square meters) south of Gaza City, was established by the Gaza municipality in cooperation with the Sulala Association, the only organization of its kind in the Strip, to shelter stray dogs and protect local residents.
Wadia told Al-Monitor, “Every afternoon, we set up cages to catch these dogs in residential neighborhoods. We catch three to five dogs a day, then we take them to the shelter to tame them and provide them with medical care and food.”
He explained that he started caring for dogs when he was eight years old and studied dog breeds and dog training.
