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Humane Community
Development:
An “Inside-out” Approach to Dog
Population Management
Kate Nattrass Atema
Director, Companion Animals Programme
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Chairperson, International Companion Animal
Management Coalition (ICAM)
The International NGO Dilemma
Provide aid, materials
or capacity-building?
Develop a model
project and replicate
all over the world?
Support the best
projects and hope
others emulate them?
Challenges to sustainable, effective
DPM
Passionate
disagreement
Mistrust between
NGOs and
governments
Dependency on
external aid
Simple answers to
complex issues
Your shelter
isn’t the
answer, my
sterilization
campaign is!
We want to be
self-sufficient,
but what are
you going to
give us?If you’re
working
with that
group, we
can’t trust
you.
Community
assessment
and
stakeholder
engagement
Building a
Humane
Community
workshop
Humane
Community
Action
Planning
workshop
{ Ist year Second yearFirst year
Data
Collection
Community
plan
refinement
and
finalization
Startup grants
and HCD
project launch
Share and
Learn
Monitoring and
Adapting
workshop
{ Ist year Third YearSecond Year
Project in action
“That’s neat. So when do you
start sterilizing the dogs?”
Stakeholder meetings to present our own
views and solutions
“That’s neat. So when do you
start sterilizing the dogs?”
Stakeholder meetings to present our own views
and solutions
Capacity building of skills we identified in
advance
“That’s neat. So when do you
start sterilizing the dogs?”
Stakeholder meetings to present our own views
and solutions
Capacity building of skills we identified in
advance
A really complicated granting scheme
“That’s neat. So when do you
start sterilizing the dogs?”
Stakeholder meetings to present our own views and
solutions
Capacity building of skills we identified in advance
A really complicated granting scheme
A framework that builds the understanding,
interpersonal relationships and commitment
in the community necessary to maintain a
humane dog management strategy
Building A Humane Community
Workshop
Being heard, sharing
perspectives
Root cause
exploration
Test assumptions
and dispel myths
Commitment to
proceed
Stakeholders
Participants arrived
with an agenda -
their own!
Highly charged:
conflict, anger,
blame
Personal opinion
or position not up
for debate
Please click the following link to view the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cji6LJ8CSWw&feature=youtu.be
Action Planning Workshop
Review group
accomplishments
Share community
data
Prioritize problems
Identify practical
solutions
Learning to plan
Understand
planning process
Objectives,
timelines,
responsibilities
Monitoring against
goals
Action Planning Workshop
The plan: Puerto Natales
Goals
• Get the dogs off the streets
• Improve concerns about dogs: fear, bites,
hygiene
• Improve animal welfare
Actions
• Public outreach campaign
• Microchipping
• Enforcement (warnings and fines)
The plan: Lopare
Goals
• Reduce dog
attacks
• Improve care for
dogs
Actions
• Creating the ‘hygiene
service’: Firefighters!
• Community dog
sterilization
• Education and
outreach
• Formation of “Happy
Dogs” citizens’ group
How much confidence do you have
that that the community will be able to
improve the situation with dogs? (n=108)
Community project launch
Please click the following link to view the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nj_kZSKjiQ
• Emergence of local
leadership
• Emphasis on animal welfare
• Citizen groups pushing back
on leadership to make the
right decisions
• Originality & creativity:
“Natales con Garras”
You get what you wish for…
Pleasant surprises
• Willingness to take political
risks
• Humane values
• Enthusiasm for unexpected
solutions
• Reliance on the “same old”
solutions, too
• Peacebuilding through
dogs!
Challenges
Keeping group momentum amidst
normal life
Local skill-sets do not always
include project management or
effective communication
Providing guidance and expertise,
while letting the community lead in
their own pace and style
Highlights from our partners
Recognizing it’s a human
problem, not a dog
problem
Less blaming of the
government, more
community accountability
Different viewpoints no
no longer a stumbling
block for finding solutions
What have we learned?
Learning to be truly participatory is difficult – it
requires time, practice and a lot of patience
Learning to be truly participatory is difficult – it
requires time, practice and a lot of patience
“Sustainability” requires many important skills –
most have nothing to do with dogs!
What have we learned?
Learning to be truly participatory is difficult – it
requires time, practice and a lot of patience
“Sustainability” requires many important skills –
most have nothing to do with dogs!
Success lies in the energy and relationships
between people. Ensure that the relationships are
within the community, not with the mentoring
agency.
What have we learned?
Learning to be truly participatory is difficult – it
requires time, practice and a lot of patience
“Sustainability” is a long process – there are many
important skills that go into successful projects
Success lies in the energy and relationships
between people. Ensure that the relationships are
within the community, not with the mentoring
agency.
We can be empowering without lowering our
standards (e.g. veterinary standards)
What have we learned?