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Aktuelno - 01.12.2019
IMPORTANT FOR ANIMALS: STARTING FROM TODAY, STRICTER PENALTIES FOR ABUSERS
Important for animals: the new Criminal Code comes into effect todayAs many as 30,000 signatures of ...
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Aktuelno - 21.10.2019
TOGETHER WE PROVIDED 15,000 MEALS FOR ABANDONED CATS AND DOGS
Animal food given to the organizations and individuals who are actively working on lowering the numb...
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Aktuelno - 13.02.2019
ORCA AND PANINI TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS
ORCA and PANINI provided 100.000 meals for animals that need them the most!With great pleasure we sh...
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Aktuelno - 18.06.2018
MEETING OF THE BALKAN COUNTRIES ON THE TOPIC OF ABANDONED ANIMALS
On the Third OIE Regional Workshop on Stray Dog Population Management for Balkan Countries (SDB3), o...
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Aktuelno - 01.05.2018
ACTION FOR PEOPLE AND DOGS!
Thousands of abandoned dogs are roaming the streets of cities and municipalities across Serbia. They...
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Aktuelno - 12.04.2018
ABANDONED DOGS – THERE IS A SOLUTION
Results of the efforts made so far to solve problems of abandoned animals are unsatisfactory: with c...
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Aktuelno - 25.04.2017
FOR PEOPLE AND DOGS: MODEL OF DOG POPULATION CONTROL FOR SAFE AND HUMANE LOCAL COMMUNITY
Presence of abandoned animals in public areas represents one of the most abundant and important prob...
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Aktuelno - 14.10.2016
PROJECT „ABANDONED ANIMALS IN BOGATIC“
During 2016. ORCA has implemented the project on the territory of Bogatic municipality aimed to prov...
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Aktuelno - 16.06.2016
OIE CONFERENCE ON ABANDONED DOGS
On the Second OIE Regional Workshop on Stray Dog Population Management for Balkan Countries (SDB2), ...
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Aktuelno - 01.01.2016
DOG POPULATION CONTROL IN SERBIA
Presence of abandoned animals in public areas represents one of the most abundant and important prob...
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LESSONS TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROBLEM
THREE CATEGORIES OF DOGS WE CAN SEE ROAMING THE STREETS
1. Owned dogs that are roaming freely are household dogs that are kept in yards but have the opportunity to go outside of their yards and into the streets without their owner’s supervision.
2. Unowned dogs from the community whose movements are tied to the presence of resources in the community – food, water, shelter, as well as care and supervision from several persons, none of whom is their owner. These dogs may roam freely, but always return to their neighborhood to rest and feed.
3. Uncontrolled or feral dogs are completely self-reliant in relation to sources of food, water and shelter, independent from humans and avoid interaction with them.
Controlling the population of each of these dog categories, requires prioritising different measures. For instance, for the first category, identification and registration measure is very important, but for other two categories of dogs, sterilisation measure is of much higher priority. For these reasons, it is important to develop an action plan tailored for the local community.
THREE FACTORS OF STRAY DOGS’ SURVIVAL ON THE STREETS
1. Food that they find on landfills, at marketplaces, around open thrash bins and waste containers, or provided to them by people taking care of abandoned dogs.
2. Water that is always available to them via natural sources (rainwater deposited in holes in the ground and asphalt, rivers, lakes, etc.) or given to them by people.
3. Shelter in a form of old, abandoned houses and structures, derelict and overgrown spaces, pits and tunnels, open basements and other shelters where dogs feel safe.
The more free resources there are, more dogs will come to settle in a given territory and higher will be the survival rate of their puppies. That is why the environmental control (controlling the sources of food, water and shelter) is one of the important elements of a dog population control programme.
THREE KEY MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF STRAY DOGS
1. Shelter is a solution
Shelter can never be a solution to the problem of stray dogs in a community. As a singled-out measure, it can complicate the already complex situation even further: its capacities are promptly filled, the conditions in which animals are kept are often very poor and it is a large burden on a budget. Shelter can be useful only if it is established as part of a tailor-made plan of permanent solution to the problem of abandoned animals.
2. Euthanasia is a solution
Belief that euthanasia can lead to decreased number of dogs roaming the streets is still a present misconception. All previous attempts, in many Balkan countries, to reduce the number of abandoned dogs by mass killing, have not only failed, but have also led to new problems (new dogs coming to the free area, social conflicts between people, etc.).
3. We don’t need research
Local self-governments often take over the existing dog population control plans or programmes from other cities or municipalities, forgetting that plans should be developed in accordance to the specific characteristics of the environment. Not just any plan is a good plan! To be successful, the plan must be tailored for the local community. This can only be achieved on the basis of the comprehensive research on the state of dog population control in a given community and inclusion of all relevant stakeholders in its development and implementation.
