Over the past five years, 70,000 dogs have been killed in Yerevan. The city government allots half a million dollars per year to kill stray dogs. The company hired to carry out the sterilization and neutralization of stray animals is allegedly relying on an extermination strategy, rounding them up and shooting them. Residents have described how gunmen come at all hours, killing any stray dogs they can find, cutting off their tails as evidence; the more they kill, the more they earn. In early June, activists rallied in front of the National Assembly building asking for an end to the slaughter.

Activists have also created an event on Facebook entitled "Complaint to the Mayor About Dog Killings" which people may virtually attend in support of the cause.

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