By Zaldy Dandan
Variety Editor

BEAUTIFY CNMI! has expanded its cleanup efforts to include stray and dead cats ad dogs. This has been a long ignored, but troublesome and problematic issue that can be successfully managed with coordination, consistency and the leadership of ordinary citizens and other community groups.
The government, lest we forget, enacted a stray dog control measure almost 12 years ago, but like most CNMI laws, it has yet to be implemented because the same lawmakers who passed the legislation never bothered to appropriate the required funding.