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ll night, strings of firecrackers and find sustainable ways to control rabies and
the yelps of dogs echo across the val- improve the health of free-roaming dogs,
ley. In Guatemala, firecrackers are called perros callejeros in Guatemala—street
the normal way to break up the boredom of wanderers. These are dogs, some with owners,
a life in poverty, or to celebrate birthdays or that spend their days on the streets, like gangs
new wealth. Through the mist, all I see is my of unemployed adolescents.
breath in little cartoon clouds. It’s a metaphor, In 2000, after four people died agonizing
perhaps, of how we look across from one cul- deaths from rabies, the Guatemalan Ministry
ture to another. of Health reportedly depleted its supply of
I am here, as president of Veterinarians strychnine trying to get rid of street dogs.
ithout W Borders (VWB) Canada, on a world Later, they drove through neighbourhoods
tour to review our programmes in 15 coun- with loudspeakers and vaccines and waited
tries. One of our goals is to help communities for children to drag out their reluctant canine
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