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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Authorities plan to kill tens of thousands of stray dogs in the Ethiopian capital using strychnine-laced meat, saying they want to eradicate rabies before next week's celebration of the Coptic millennium.
The latest plan follows an announcement by a government-funded private organization last week that it would move thousands of homeless people from the capital to the countryside ahead of the celebration, promising to help them with food, shelter and medicine.
Animal rights activists and commentators have condemned the proposal to kill dogs.
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