The ethical debate continues as modern countries try to import the strays from third world countries to reduce the overpopulation of the strays in other countries. This has unfortunately been a disaster. Shipment of stray dogs from Puerto Rico met a terrible fate, while they travel to the mainland of United States, most of the dog had been exposed to parvovirus and distemper, two extreme painful and deadly diseases, 107 of the 222 dogs in the shipment died and 185,000 dollars was spent for veterinary treatments of the remaining dogs. The amount of money spent on the remaining dogs could have easily be use to set up a vaccine, spay and neuter program of strays in Puerto Rico, more strays would have benefited and less dies would have occurred.
