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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1955Vol. XXV, No. 9

Fiji s Stray Dog worry

p. 141 · Read in the full issue

JJUMANE destruction Of Stray ("I (anf i n ftpn starving and ** ' anQ ° llan S P arVA ?f. anQ diseased) dogs in Viti Levu was for years one of the major tasks nf thp SPPA nrfraniscitinn in 01 tJie bJr^-/A Organisation in Fiji. j i • f Despite a great deal Oi 111-lH loriTloQ cIDUSG DRSO(I ITlffinly OH Ignorance Of SFCA alms, the Work went on Until Six months ago. NOW, however, the SOClety has announced that it is no longer required to destroy stray animals, and that “no Officer Of the Society has HOW anv authority tn anv animal unless animal is handed animal unless in~ animal is nanaea OV6r by the Owner Or Some Other person who is Willing to accept any liability incurred, with a written request to destroy”.