Ban follows fatal attack in Cairo suburb CAIRO, Egypt––A comprehensive new Egyptian dog law is under fire mostly from outside the country for including strict penalties for dog attacks and a prohibition on the import or possession of dangerous or otherwise problematic foreign breeds. Prohibited are pit bulls, Rottweilers, German shepherds, huskies, Caucasian shepherds, bullmastiffs, […]
Ahmed el Sherbiny, 66, brought “humane spring” to Egypt
Headed three leading organizations CAIRO, Egypt––Ahmed el Sherbiny, 66, who with his British-born wife Jackie led the Egyptian Society of Animal Friends, the Egyptian Federation for Animal Welfare, and the Middle East Network for Animal Welfare, on March 7, 2019 died at home in Shabramont, Giza, a Cairo suburb, after several years of fighting multiple […]
New draft Egyptian constitution guarantees “protection of animal welfare”
Translations differ in idiom but with parallel meaning CAIRO––The 50-member constituent assembly responsible for establishing the new Egyptian constitution has included recognition of animal welfare in Article 45 of a redraft that is expected to be ratified in early 2014. Announcing the inclusion of the animal welfare clause on December 1, 2013, Cairo animal advocate […]