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How did the Netherlands become the first country without stray dogs?

According to the World Health Organisation, there are nearly 200 million stray dogs worldwide.

How did the Netherlands become the first country without stray dogs?

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According to the World Health Organisation, there are nearly 200 million stray dogs worldwide.

Impressively, not one of them lives in the Netherlands.

According to the World Health Organisation, there are nearly 200 million stray dogs worldwide. Impressively, not one of them lives in the Netherlands. It's the first country in the world […]

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According to the World Health Organisation, there are nearly 200 million stray dogs worldwide. Impressively, not one of them lives in the Netherlands.

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Impressively, not one of them lives in the Netherlands.

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