In the past two months, since the phase one of support for regions whose local authorities are committed to a humane, lawful, and systematic solution to the problem of stray dogs, Dogs Trust has financed the neutering and additional veterinary treatment of nearly 300 dogs in Mostar, Lopare, Bosanska Krupa, Bihać, and Ključ. The campaigns will start after the summer break, which begins on 27 July 2022, and continue in September in these and additional regions that have met the requirements, in accordance with the available resources of the Foundation.
In this period, veterinary capacities were increased through the training of 34 veterinary experts as part of the Programme implemented by Dogs Trust in cooperation with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Sarajevo, 15 people completed the training for humane dog catching in the Dogs Trust organisation, and all veterinary stations that conduct campaigns received equipment for humane dog catching.
Additional treatment of dogs within the Dogs Trust Dog Neutering Programme includes vaccination against rabies, cleaning of intestinal parasites and chipping, and marking with an ear tag for dogs on the street.
Neutered dogs that have been vaccinated against rabies and cleansed of intestinal parasites are healthier, particularly females exhausted by uncontrolled births without this measure, and they are a lower risk to the community because they are not affected by reproductive hormones, and because they are cleansed of intestinal parasites that can otherwise cause zoonoses, and will not transmit the disease to humans.
Dogs Trust implements this measure through the Catch-Neuter-Vaccinate-Release method, in order to ensure maximum welfare of dogs. Starting this year, all procedures are carried out under video surveillance by our veterinary coordinators and in compliance with legal regulations and Dogs Trust standard operating procedures.
In the regions it supports, Dogs Trust will start with the Programme of free neutering and additional veterinary treatment of owners’ dogs only after mass neutering reaches about 80% of the dog population on the streets, as a prerequisite for an efficient, humane, and permanent statutory solution to the problem in a systematic way, which is solely the responsibility of local authorities.
See more about the new approach of providing voluntary support and the work of the Dogs Trust Worldwide Foundation Bosnia at: https://www.dogstrust.ba/aktivnosti/kriterijizalokalnezajednice/
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