The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has rejected as “unfeasible” grassroots lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou’s proposal of reintroducing the so-called capture-neuter-release strategy for stray dogs and cats.
According to Sou, the strategy avoids the culling of strays.
In his written interpellation, Sou pointed out that the government implemented the strategy for neutered and vaccinated stray cats in 2007 to control the increase in Macau’s feline population. According to the interpellation, 1,875 neutered and vaccinated cats were released by the government between 2007 and 2015, the year when the strategy was suspended. In spite of requests by local animal protection groups, stray dogs were never covered by the strategy.
