- South Asia’s Bhutan is a tiny nation.
- It is positioned between China and India as a “buffer state.”
- Bhutan has made history by sterilizing stray dogs, making it the first nation to do so globally.
- For the past 14 years, Bhutan has been managing the number of stray dogs by conducting a dog sterilization program.
- In this campaign, Humane Society International received assistance.
- Lotay Tshering, the prime minister of Bhutan, declared the National Dog Population Management and Rabies Control Project completed.
- In 2009, this initiative was initiated.
- Thimphu serves as Bhutan’s capital.