Representative of Propose wildlife protection organization Nare Aramyan said that 100,000 stray dogs were recorded in Yerevan over the past five years, according to official data.

70,000 of them were killed and another 30,000 were sterilized, Aramyan told a press conference in Yerevan.

According to her, the number of stray dogs is growing in Yerevan from year to year.

“We numerously applied to Yerevan Mayor’s Office to cooperate with it on the problem resolution, but it has not reacted,” said Aramyan.

She noted that the Armenian state budget allocates $500,000 annually for shooting stray dogs, but similar policy cannot solve the problem.

Head of Save Animals NGO Nune Mehrabyan said for her part that it seems that Yerevan Mayor’s Office is not interested in the problem resolution.