Altamush Saeed, founder of Pakistan’s 1st Animal Law Firm is battling for the rights of stray animal rights once again, and this time in Rawalpindi. Saeed is currently fighting a court case in Rawalpindi against the culling of 5200 stray dogs.
As part of the case, he is pressing for the sterilization and vaccination of 5200 stray dogs instead of culling them. The District Council Rawalpindi is currently inviting sealed bids for this purpose, which is in accordance with the Dog Birth Control Policy.
The 5,200 dogs are requested to be captured and sent over to the livestock department for their vaccination and sterilization. Any successful bidder for this request will be required to sign a contract agreement with the District Council Rawalpindi before commencing the work. The contractor must of course ensure compliance with all applicable tax laws, including NTN (National Tax Number) and PRA (Punjab Revenue Authority) registration.
This should mark significant progress for the safety of stray dogs in Rawalpindi, which are often killed in mass numbers for the sake of population control and more. This would also come as another win for Altamush Saeed, who became the first-ever recipient of the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Spark Award at the Humane Society of the United States Expo 2024 earlier this year.
Saeed also runs Pakistan’s first animal welfare law firm and is a lawyer fighting all over Pakistan for animal rights with an Animal law, Environmental Law, Human Rights, and International Law Masters from top Lewis and Clark Law School and the University of Michigan law school in addition to Lahore University of Management Science.
He works alongside his team consisting of Advocate Ahmed Shoaib Atta and Mian Ahmad Farooq. Thanks to his firm, anyone from Pakistan can hire his services to fight for animal rights in courts.