Klang Royal City Council (MBDK) mayor Abd Hamid Hussain has defended the methods used by council officers to catch stray dogs, saying they have to take into account the animals’ potentially aggressive behaviour.

“If we caught dogs the way we catch butterflies… Because dogs are aggressive animals. We cannot catch them gently because they could pose a danger to us and could also escape,” he said, as quoted by Berita Harian.

Hamid was...