A deputy in the Egyptian parliament proposed the export of stray dogs to the consuming countries, which sparked a wide debate, where deputies counted a good step to achieve a material return, while some jurists objected to the idea.
Representative of the House Human Rights Committee Margaret Azer said the proposal was to use stray dogs and export them to countries that eat them, such as South Korea.
Ezer pointed out that stray dogs in Egypt have a lot of damage, causing harm to pedestrians on the streets, and sometimes attack them. Explaining that the spread of this phenomenon requires an optimal way to deal with them.
The deputy rejected the proposals of some deputies to kill dogs with bullets and poison, pointing out that it is against animal welfare, and it leads to extinction.
For his part, a member of the Committee on Agriculture Parliament MP Mahmoud Shaaban that the spread of dogs in Egypt epidemic accompanied by diseases, calling for a solution to this problem.
He pointed out - in a press statement - that the proposal of Deputy Margaret Azar to export stray dogs to Korea of good solutions that limit this problem, especially that it will have a material return.
In turn, animal rights activist Mona Khalil criticized the idea. "South Korean citizens eat dogs inhumanely by cutting off parts of her body while she is alive and burning."
Khalil also condemned the killing of stray dogs in the streets using poison.
In July, a Health Ministry official said that in 2017, 430,000 cases of "animals" were recorded, of which 85 percent were from stray dogs.