The mayor of Kosovo's capital is offering to pay people nearly a third of the country's minimum wage every month if they adopt a dog – in a novel bid to clear strays from the streets. According to activists there are over 4,000 strays in the city, but a shocking recent video, widely shared, of one small stray being badly beaten in the street by a young man has brought the problem into sharp focus and animal lovers out to protest.
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00:30We are trying to adapt, but we are also creating an insecurity for the citizens, especially for the children.
00:44An insecurity not only for the children, but also for themselves, because they are being mistreated.
01:00The dog population control and management needs to focus on the root causes of the problem and not just the symptoms of the problem, the stray dogs.
01:29But unfortunately, the welfare of stray dogs and cats in Kosovo is not good at all, and we try to convince the institutions and authorities to focus on the welfare of the animals.
01:44Despite the fact that we have done a lot, even at the moment when we have adapted, and ...
01:59Come on, do you want to talk? Come on, come on.
02:04I am proud of myself that I can do something for them.
02:14I feel very proud. I feel very proud.
02:18I don't want to be a dog, I don't want to be a fox.