GOOD DAY

Donets’k11 December 2012

Dr. Amir KhalilFOUR PAWS International

Birth Control Stray Animals

FOUR PAWS International• Founded in Austria 1998

– Austria (Vienna), also VIER PFOTEN International

– Bulgaria (Sofia) Germany (Hamburg)

– Hungary (Budapest) Netherlands (Amsterdam)

– Romania (Bucharest) Switzerland (Zurich)

– UK (London) USA (Boston)

– South Africa (Lionsrock) Belgium (Brussels)

– Ukraine (Kyiv)

FOUR PAWS International• Projects

• Campaigns

• Disaster Relief & Emergency Aid Mission

• Lobbying

• Animal Parks & Sanctuaries – South Africa, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, Austria, Borneo, Ukraine, Jordan

• Stray Animal Care – 15 Years (Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Greece, Italy, Egypt, Sudan, India, Modovia and many more)

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PROBLEM – WHAT PROBLEM?

• GLOBAL & SOCIAL

PROBLEM

• HUMAN CONFLICT

• Italy, Greece, China, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Lithuania, India, Africa, Egypt, United States

WHY? Stray Animal Population Out Of Control

• Disinterested Government - no involvement in a social problem!

• Corruption – but the budget exists

• Decades – poverty, limited resources

• Uncontrolled breeding - dogs and cats are prolific breeders

• Lack of education and zoonoses prevention programs

• Lack of EFFECTIVE Animal Welfare Legislation & punishment for animal abuse

• Some people just don’t care

Day 0

Day 365

72 Stray AnimalsIn 1 Year alone

• Killed, beaten, poisoned• Mass extermination of thousands of stray animals on

the streets of Ukraine

Responses to Stray Animal Population

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• Mass Killing

• Influence the “Holding Capacity” of an area by taking action

• Stray Animal Care – Neuter & Release Programs

TO KILL

OR

NOT TO KILL

“ All too often authorities are confronted with the problems caused by these dogs have turned to mass destruction in the hope of finding a quick solution, only to continue year after year with no end in sight”

- Dr. K. Bogel Chief Veterinary Public Health Unit,

WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Stray Animal Care

SPAY / NEUTER PROGRAMS

Capture, Neuter, Vaccinate, Deworm, Release

Supported by World Health Organisation (WHO)

• WHO Policy Document (1990) “Guidelines for Dog Population Management”.

• The only humane method known to be effective in long term sustainable control of the stray animal population.

• Mass killing is not an effective method of population control.

• Neutering not only decreases the stray animal population, it also reduces the number of dogs biting and aggression toward humans.

• It is the responsibility of Government, the community to take responsibility for stray dog population control.

• ‘Removal and killing of dogs should never be considered as the most effective way of dealing with a problem of surplus dogs in the community: it has no effect on the root cause of the problem, which is the over production of dogs.’

• ‘New strategies should be considered involving the capture of dogs, their immediate vaccination, marking them as vaccinated…then immediately releasing them’ …. Not disturbing the social structure of the local dog population, thus avoiding the risk of immigration and the subsequent fighting for territory and a place in the hierarchy’.

Co operation and commitment at all levels –

The Solution Requires

The Solution…

Supported by NGO’s

It is NOT an animal welfare project!!

BENEFITSBehavioural Medical

Decreased Aggression No Testicular Tumors

Decreased Roaming Improved Genetics

Increased Concentration Fewer Hernias

Reduction of rabies, zoonoses, contagious diseases

Fewer Perianal Tumors

Fewer unwanted animals Fewer Prostrate Problems

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In countries such as Austria, Spain and Italy euthanasia of stray animals is banned and spay/neuter programs are supported. The Government of Italy supports and adopted a no-kill policy and passed the National Law No. 281 in 1991. The law supports spay and neuter programs as the only effective means of controlling stray animal populations.

In Romania, in the City of Oradea, confirmed by Oradea's Community Police in June 2011, between 2003 and 2011 the stray animal population declined by 92% as a result of the neuter and vaccinate program undertaken there.

Some places in Asia show a decline in 53.5% in the free roaming dog population as a result of catch-neuter-vaccinate and release programs.

Success

• A WORLD WITHOUT ANIMAL SUFFERING!• EUTHANASIA IS NOT A SOLUTION!

• HELP THE ANIMAL – HELP THE HUMAN TOO!

Stray Animal Care – the humane approach

FOUR PAWS Project Ukraine April to December 2012 7 Cities 7 Dog capturing vehicles 6 Mobile Clinics More than 150 staff & volunteers from 18 countriesPartnered with local AWO

Only in cities that Support a NO KILL POLICY

City April to July September to December

Donets'k 584

Kyiv 2758 785

Luts'k 292

Lviv 626

Mykolayiv 478

Treatments 645

Zaporozhye 1192 152

Zhytomyr 204

Total 6097 1619

At 7 Dec 7716

"Insanity is doing the

same thing over and

over again, expecting

different results"

- Albert Einstein

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