Dog law in chaos after parliament restored stray killings and scrapped microchipping rules

The Cypriot government is preparing yet another amending bill on the regulation of dogs, after parliament passed two counter-amendments in May that reversed several key provisions of the government’s own law — including one that gives police and the Game and Fauna Service the power to kill stray animals at their discretion.

According to Phileleftheros sources, the government has already begun drafting the new bill as part of its animal welfare policy, aimed at more effectively regulating what...