Colombo,
SRI LANKA : A stray dog at Vihara Maha Devi park escapes
the net of a municipal worker while a family picnics during
a major operation to rid the city of stray animals ahead
of a major summit of South Asian leaders in Colombo. The
Colombo Municipal Council said it would hold the dogs
at a pound until the South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC) two-day summit ends on August 3, 2008.
The move has come under stiff criticism from animal lovers
who say that CMC was trying to project a false image of
the city to foreign delegates. AFP
