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Angus Delaney. Photography: Cooper Williams

Fiji dogged by strays after Covid breeding boom

Dogs follow Mere Ranedi at the Greater Good Sanctuary in Ba.
Dogs follow Mere Ranedi at the Greater Good Sanctuary in Ba. Photograph: Cooper Williams/The Guardian

Amid the iconic sounds of Fiji – the rolling of the ocean, a church choir – is an unexpected and unwelcome noise: the insistent barking of stray dogs.

The population of stray dogs across the Pacific country has exploded in the last few years, sparked by a dog baby boom, which occurred as neutering initiatives stopped during the pandemic and border closures halted the flow of essential international volunteer vets.

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