Iran's unwelcome dogs find care at rare shelter
gallery_overlay_close|article-gallery-5948617|article-gallery-5948617|0/ gallery_thumbs_close|article-gallery-5948617|article-gallery-5948617|0/ TEHRAN — Man’s best friend is seen as anything but in Iran, where city workers gun down strays and conservatives view pet dogs as a corrupting Western influence. But in a rare animal shelter in the countryside west of Tehran, hundreds of lucky pups have found mercy, and a growing number of Iranians are learning to love them. Islamic tradition holds cats in high esteem, and in much of the Muslim ...
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