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Animal shelters report overcrowding and rising intake driven by uncontrolled breeding and limited sterilisation programmes.
Kenya is grappling with an estimated 7.46 million free-roaming dogs, a scale that animal welfare groups say is overwhelming shelters and exposing gaps in long-term population control.
The Kenya Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (KSPCA) says its main facilities are at full capacity, with rescue centres in Nairobi, Mombasa, Naivasha and Nanyuki handling hundreds of cases nightly.
The organisation says intake pressure has pushed operations into emergency mode as space, staffing and medical supplies are stretched thin.
