EXPERTS fear up to 15,000 stray dogs will be poisoned before next month's Athens Olympics so the city looks "pristine".
Authorities in the Greek capital fear the sight of packs roaming the streets will damage the country's bid to show it is modern and civilised, the RSPCA said yesterday.
Greek animal welfare groups say slaughter of the city's estimated 15,000 strays has started. Eighty dogs have been found dead in Saronida, a coastal resort where members of the British team are expected to stay.
One animal welfare activist said: "There's been a big increase in poisonings and we expect it to rise sharply."
You got that? Greece will be stray-dog free before the Olympics, even if they have to kill every last one of them!
Nevermind about the
blackouts,
lack of security, half-built
venues and such. Gotta keep those stray dogs away.
And don't forget to
round up the humans as well!
Low expectations, indeed.
Comments
I met some of those stray dogs when I was in Greece a few years ago. Nice, friendly dogs, at least the ones I met.
If they're looking for a problem to solve, how about doing something about the general rudeness that pervades Athens?
Posted by: David Foster | July 13, 2004 09:51 PM
Hmm, poisoning the dogs? Last I heard the stadium wasn't even finished and security sucked. Maybe they should focus on that!
Posted by: Mel | July 14, 2004 12:02 AM
On a related note, gyros are expected to be very affordable.
Posted by: blaster | July 14, 2004 08:44 AM
They're rounding up Muslims? I wonder why?
Posted by: Ken Summers | July 14, 2004 10:16 AM
Well, in the 1900 games they had live pigeon shooting. The gold went to a Belgian who bagged 21 birds.
Posted by: Jmaes A. Wolf | July 14, 2004 02:08 PM
They should have just waited for the Chinese team to come and take care of it.
Posted by: Jim Treacher | July 14, 2004 07:09 PM
They could even make it an Olympic sport. Kill two birds with one stone.
Treacher: LOL
Posted by: Jim C. | July 14, 2004 07:59 PM