As Bhutan celebrates the birthday of their King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the Prime Minister of the country has asked the residents to adopt a stray dog and plant a tree as a gift to the 40-year-old King.
The news was shared by Bhutanese journalist and mental health advocate Namgay Zam on twitter. The Prime Minister asked citizens to “adopt a stray dog each as a gift for His Majesty on His Birthday today”. The measure, she added, would help the country deal with its never plunging population of stray dogs in “a humane manner”.
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She ended the tweet adding that she and her fiancee had already adopted 3 stray dogs. That seems like a happy family to me. The initiative won applauds by the citizens who wants other countries to take inspiration form the idea.
Reactions
The world has so much to learn from Bhutan !
— Vidya (@vee2602) February 21, 2020
That’s an outstanding idea ! Sharing !
— Monideepa Banerjie (@Monideepa62) February 21, 2020
How wonderful! More power to all of you and the lovely creatures. We currently have 8 ??
— Maya Sharma (@MayaSharmaNDTV) February 21, 2020
Visited Bhutan a few years ago. Amazing people, amazing country.
— Sharif (@TheBiggestKc) February 21, 2020
Really good initiative. Bhutan is a model neighbor.
— Srijan Sen (@Srijan_Sen) February 21, 2020
My Salute to your PM!! Let whole world be inspired by his soulful move!!
— Block G (@BlockG17) February 22, 2020
This adds to the Gross National Happiness ! Amazing the world needs to recognize such .God bless the King .
— SanjibMandiraBiswas (@sanjibbiswas) February 21, 2020
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As per a report by NDTV, the stray dog population boom in the country has lead to problems like a significant rise in dog bites cases.
