We are proud to announce that Al-Yarmouk’s research team has published the first peer-reviewed scientific study on stray dogs in Jordan.
The paper, Toward Objective Assessment of the Stray Dog Problem in Jordan, appeared in the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science on 6 May 2025. It is, to the best of our knowledge, the first study of its kind anywhere in Jordan. Until now, the stray dog question has been debated in the country without empirical data — a gap our team set out to close.
Congratulations to the authors:
- Safwan Athamneh — Department of Research, Al-Yarmouk Stray Dog Nonprofit
- Abdel-Salam G. Abdel-Salam — Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Qatar University
- Ruba A. Q. Alajlouni — Al-Yarmouk Stray Dog Nonprofit and Bridges of Trust Corp.
- Ahmad I. M. Athamneh — Al-Yarmouk Stray Dog Nonprofit and Bridges of Trust Corp.
The paper was published open access, with funding support from the Qatar National Library, and is freely available to anyone who wants to read it in full.
In the posts that follow, we will walk through what the study found, what the broader media and public-health data show, and what we are working on next. Our hope is that this work becomes the beginning of a more grounded, evidence-based conversation about dogs, public safety, and animal welfare in Jordan.
