Vähän numeroita,
Sri Lanka vs. Suomi
Väkiluku - Suomi 5,4 miljoonaa
- Sri Lanka 21,5 miljoonaa
Pinta-ala - Suomi 338 432,07 km²
- Sri Lanka 65 610 km²
Aikuisten lukutaito - Suomi 100%
- Sri Lanka 90%
Suurin kaupunki - Suomi, Helsinki 596 233 as, suurkaupunkialueella asuu arviolta 1,3 miljoonaa ihmistä
- Sri Lanka, Colombo 685 246 as, suurkaupunkialueella asuu arviolta 2,6 miljoonaa ihmistä
Koiria - Suomi n. 600 000 (2008)
- Sri Lanka n. 3 miljoonaa (ja nämä siis kulkukoiria, toisin kuin
onnekkaammat suomalaiset koirat)
Osa luvuista ei ole ihan ajantasalla.... suuntaa antavia kuitenkin.
Unawatunan koditon rantakaveri.
Luin, että täällä 2000 ihmistä kuukausittain joutuu käymään lääkärissä hoitamassa koiran puremia vammoja. Hui! En ole onneksi törmännyt vielä yhteenkään aggresiiviseen koiraan.
Updated
Sri Lanka has lifted a moratorium on killing stray dogs as it tries to reduce the more than 2,000 cases of hospitalisation due to dog bites every month.
Health minister Maithripala Sirisena told the Swarnavahini television network the government had decided to revert to destroying strays, a practice suspended five years ago, because of rabies concerns.
"Clearly our new policy has failed," Mr Sirisena told the privately run network.
"As a government, we have decided to go back to the previous practice."
Sri Lankan law allows the authorities to catch and kill stray animals, but a presidential order suspended the practice in 2006 following lobbying by animal rights groups.
The health minister said stray dog populations had rapidly increased to 3 million in recent years and had become a major public health issue in an island of 20 million people.
Some 2,000 people are hospitalised monthly after being bitten by stray dogs, the minister said, adding that the authorities were spending over $13 million annually to deal with the problem.
Animal rights activists said sterilisation efforts had failed because of corruption and mismanagement by public health officials.
"We want the government to reconsider this decision and ensure a humane treatment of these animals," said Sagarika Rajakarunanayake, of the Satva Mithra animal rights group.
A health ministry official said the government was going ahead with plans for a sanctuary for stray dogs in the north of the country, but rights activists said it was not a practical way to look after stray animals.
They argued that the sterilisation program should be made more effective along with a campaign to vaccinate stray dogs against rabies.
Eilen kuulin radiosta, että 24 tunnin sisällä Colombossa oli tapahtunut 7 ihmisen kuolemaan johtanutta liikenneonnetttomuutta.
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