Why stray dogs are Kashmir’s latest threat – BBC
Baba Umar, Srinagar 13 March 2012 The streets of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, have witnessed much killing in the past two decades of conflict. However, as the violence has ebbed, residents are facing an unusual enemy – stray dogs. The canines have been storming its streets, chasing cars, pulling down bicycle riders and […]
Who Let The Dogs Out?
Dog bites man’ is not supposed to be news. But in Kashmir, a barbaric man-animal conflict is playing out in the streets of Srinagar. Baba Umar reports. ON A chilly winter evening on 20 January, a carefree Mudasir Ahmad Wangnoo, 12, was returning home from tuition classes in Baagwanpora, downtown Srinagar, when he suddenly came face-to-face with two dozen stray dogs. What happened […]