Is it permissible to kill small dogs to prevent their proliferation and harm to people?
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Killing harmless dogs is a matter of dispute among scholars, varying between permissibility, detestability, and prohibition. What we believe is that it is forbidden to kill them unless there is an overriding benefit or a clear harm to be repelled.
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