Bangkok struggles to rein in stray cats and dogs

The World

Thailand has close to a million stray cats and dogs. That’s no surprise to anyone who’s walked a couple blocks in Bangkok. There’s often a four-legged creature underfoot, most of them friendly, some potentially dangerous. Loose cats and dogs are often well fed by locals — offering food is seen as “merit making” by many Buddhists — but city officials are enacting new laws to reduce the stray population. The World’s Patrick Winn reports.

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