'The Voice of Stray Dogs' Trust (VOSD - Trust) ’s Post

A survey was conducted by CCC in 2023 to understand the sterilisation coverage for stray dogs who have feeders in the PCMC area, Pune City, India. This survey was conducted over a period of 2 months covering specific PCMC areas. A CCC proprietary App was used to conduct the survey. The stray dog details were recorded on the CCC mobile phone app. The CCC App has been developed to support the management of large-scale dog population surveys, with the ability to record dog photos, GPS location, and other information about dogs sighted. During this survey, 67.1 KM square area was covered. As per the survey results, almost 70% of the stray dogs in the areas surveyed were sterilised (75% female dogs and 63.7% male dogs were sterilised). This indicates a massive success in CCC's efforts for the sterilisation of stray dogs in those areas in cooperation with volunteers and stray dog caretakers. CCC has been conducting FREE sterilisation for stray dogs for several years from its own centre in Bhugaon and from 2022 August from the PCMC NNP Pound. We have discontinued our FREE sterilisation services to PCMC authorities since - for details check our posts on CCC social pages or visit https://lnkd.in/dhjBq_U4 During the survey, it was also observed that: 1. The stray dogs' behaviour was friendly and docile. 2. Most of the people present were okay with the stray dogs in their area and enquired regarding dog vaccination for the stray dogs in their area. 3. Dogs were friendly with their feeders and caregivers but, maintained safe distance from unknown people. 5. Around 93% of dogs looked healthy and did not show signs of any illness. 6. 80% dogs were found to be resting during the day. This indicated the dogs were well fed hence, reducing their need to scavenge for food or roaming around. 7. Stray dog feeders also confirmed that feeding stray dogs has directly shown success in sterilisation and yearly ARV vaccination of the stray dogs. Overall, the survey findings emphasise the importance of continued collaboration between animal welfare organisations, and the community of stray dog caretakers and volunteers, to sustain efforts aimed at managing the stray dog population and ensuring the welfare of human communities and stray dogs. Ongoing sterilization, vaccination, and community engagement are essential components of a holistic approach to stray dog population management. #ccc #straydogs #straylives #sterilisationofdogs #dogsvaccinations #doglife #dogcare #dogcaregiver #straydoglives #straydogpopulation #straydogpopulationcontrol

What a day to launch onboarding Animal Shelters and Rescues at Cuddles!!!     It's Good Friday and we are happy to onboard both Animal Shelters and Rescues along with their adoptable pets.      Currently you can manage your shelter or rescue. Add your team members, manage all adoptable pets and showcase upcoming events. We even gave an option for animal lovers to share these in social media namely Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. There is also another option for copy data if you want to customize the writing to your style with the details present about the pet. The major difference between shelters and rescues are the meticulous details about the adaptable pet presented for wannabe pet parents. In rescues every pet has more than one image some of them have more than five and most of them have a video showing the pet with other pets and interacting with humans. This makes a very good first impression that the pet is friendly and removing the fear factor. They also include attributes like the pet is friendly with people with children with other pets or even other species like like cat making it easier even for other pet parents who have pets to bring in another pet into their home. Cuddles has taken finding your ideal pet for adoption to a whole new level for wannabe or existing pet parents. All search are realtime aggregation of pets available for adoption. It has both location specific and location independent using the map as a guidance. Find by species they are looking for, specific breed, gender, age range, weight range, color, coat type, coat length, markings and many other. You could also use a combination of these like find German Shepherd puppies that are less than 1 years old and are sterilized. If this is a lost pet then there's stray hold while the shelters look for the pet parent or pet parent to look up themselves to find the lost pet. The entire widget can be embed in your website to seamlessly allow wannabe pet parents or animal lovers to help these pets. We are still in the process of making the onboarding available as a self service. In the meantime please send an email adoptions@cuddles.care or a SMS or call to 302 405 9005. These are the links to the automated post in  Cuddles Adoption Link: https://lnkd.in/gU55B-mS LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/ezV3NTSK X (Twitter): https://lnkd.in/eUBYPqAu

Following extensive consultations with the public since 2022, we are pleased to share that the Cat Management Framework was announced today by Senior Minister of State Tan Kiat How at the 24th edition of Pets’ Day Out at East Coast Park.   Findings from the public consultations showed that the public was overall supportive of the proposed measures by Animal & Veterinary Service (AVS), a cluster of NParks. More information on the public consultation findings may be found at https://lnkd.in/gjus7GjU   As part of the Cat Management Framework, cats will be allowed to be kept in Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats, with up to two cats (and one dog of an approved breed, as per the current limit) for each HDB flat. In private premises, the limit is up to three cats or dogs, or a combination of both.   All pet cats will need to be licensed and microchipped to enhance traceability and safeguard their health and welfare, starting from 1 September 2024. First-time cat licence applicants will also need to complete a one-time free online pet ownership course that will be available from 1 September 2024 onwards, covering basic pet care skills and responsible pet ownership. All cat licences are also subject to various conditions for the safety and well-being of the cats, such as securing the living environment with mesh or other forms of barriers, and keeping cats under physical control with the use of harness or carriers when in public.   There will be a two-year transition period from 1 September 2024 till 31 August 2026 for cat owners to ease into the changes and allow them ample time to microchip and license their cats. During this period, cat owners can enjoy free one-time licences with lifetime validity for sterilised cats. Licences for unsterilised cats will cover the transition period but will be subject to higher licensing fees on a renewal basis after the transition period has ended. If you have more cats than the limits for HDB flats or private premises, you will be allowed to keep ALL existing pet cats if you license them within this two-year transition period, and are able to ensure that the cats’ health and welfare are taken care of.   In addition to the cat licensing schemes, AVS will partner animal welfare groups, veterinarians, and community caregivers to manage community cats island-wide through the Trap-Neuter-Rehome/Release-Manage (TNRM) programme, with enhanced funding support for the sterilisation and microchipping of community cats and new funding support for the trapping and boarding of community cats. AVS will also continue with education and outreach efforts, to encourage responsible pet ownership, and promote good community cat caregiving practices.   For more information on the Cat Management Framework, please visit https://lnkd.in/gjus7GjU   #NParks #CatManagementFramework #CityinNature #CityInNatureSG

Since Pet Video Verify is getting very close to releasing a new version of its software that includes where animal shelters can list their pets available for adoption and set euthanasia dates, we wanted to go ahead and explain how this will work so animal shelters who reads this can understand: Again, this explanation is just for Animal Shelters who are going to use Pet Video Verify: After your shelter registers in the Pet Video Verify system as a shelter, shelters can start listing their pets for adoption. Shelters will be able to register and use the software through the mobile app “Pet Video Verify” or through our website, https://lnkd.in/e3GJYipn. Through the pet listing process, shelters will have the option to also upload a pet identification video and pet attributes in which the Pet Video Verify system uses to match lost pets to found pets (shelter pets) so the shelter can return the pet to their original owner who lost them and the shelter will receive 85% of the reward amount if there is one, this should help give animal shelters more funding they need to support shelter pets. If there is no match, then the pet will stay listed in Pet Video Verify system to be adopted by our users. The shelter will also have an option to upload any pet medical records they have on the pet, which will transfer back to original owner or the new owner who adopts the pet. If the shelter is a kill shelter (euthanasia), the shelter can set a euthanasia date for that particular pet. When a euthanasia date is set, alerts will go out everyday to our users. Alerts will also go out to Pet Video Verify’s Facebook pages and Twitter (X) accounts and more social media channels in the future. This will give the animal alot better chance of being adopted before euthanasia happens. Pet Video Verify is very excited to release this version of its software soon! We will also be releasing training videos so shelters and users can learn to use the Pet Video Verify system. Shelters can contact us at support@petvideoverify.com with any questions.

Cats needed medical care just like any pet does. Today, I'm focusing on pet wellness and I'm featuring cats. Believe it or not, cats require regular medical checkups just like any pet or human does. Hopefully, a family with children would not neglect the healthcare of their children, but often, these same families neglect the healthcare of their pets. And for some reason, cat owners believe that cats are low-maintenance and that nothing is required of the cat guardian except to feed the cat, give the cat drinking water and clean out a litter box. While it's true, cat training isn't required, socialization is. After all, you would like the cat to feel comfortable in the household and to know his or her roles. Cats are intelligent and require brain and physical exercise so keep that in mind. As far as medical visits to a vet, cats require vaccinations and that includes indoor cats. Cats are susceptible to fleas which by the way carry zoological diseases which can cause the entire household to become ill. Cats can also acquire parasites, think tapeworm. Cats can carry giardia, distemper and rabies, especially if an unvaccinated cat is around urban wildlife, even rodents. And yet, since becoming an animal advocate and animal communicator, I have encountered situations where a cat guardian is neglecting the care of their cat. And this situation is even worse for rescued cats that were once feral. It's a myth that cats are independent and can take care of themselves. Perhaps, feral cats find a way to take care of themselves but they are usually in a community of other cats. And they also are carrying fleas, parasites and most likely, diseases that can infect other cats. Feral cat communities begin with people tossing out their un-neutered and un-spayed cats which breed unchecked. I wanted to bring this to your awareness. While this might not apply to you directly, you might have encountered people who neglect the care of their cats. In some states and countries, neglect of an domestic animal is considered animal abuse. There are fines and even jail sentences for animal neglect and abuse. Also, overpopulation of cats in shelters often leads to euthanization which is not fair to the cats. Animals end up in shelters for a variety of reasons but one of those reasons is irresponsible pet guardians. So, if you are a cat lover and animal advocate, research cat diseases and how to prevent them. Advocate for cat owners to keep their cats indoors for safety and for stopping overbreeding of cats. And advocate for regular medical care for the cats. It's ironic that people say their cats are members of their family but neglect medical care for this household member. Perhaps, the entire family neglects their health. But remember this, pet neglect is against the law in some places and even if it's not, it's considered animal cruelty. If vet bills are a problem, find a charity that pays for vet bills. Every cat has an inner lion

Southern Utah Adoptable Pets Guide "February 9, 2023. The Independent’s Southern Utah Adoptable Pet Guide features pet adoption options from various animal shelters throughout southern Utah." **Click link below to read the rest of the story.** #suindependent #adoptananimal #adoptableanimals #BecauseAnimalsMatter #BestFriendsAnimalSanctuary #cats #Cats&dogsforadoption #dogs #JacksonDayAnimalRescue #MesquiteAnimalShelter #PAWSanimalshelter #petadoption #pets #puppies #Rescueanimals #RSQDOGS+

Excited for another major milestone at Cuddles to show our commitment to helping companion animals and all those who care for them. We are ready to onboard Animal Shelters and Rescues. Currently there are a total of 2389 companion animals from about 9 Shelters and 2 Rescues. We took the best features present across all these wonderful organizations who are dedicated to care for these companions. These feature provide a comprehensive detail about the pet to be adopted. We are still waiting to hear about displaying some sensitive fields like the reason at the shelter. We also wanted to help the animal advocates and animal lovers. We found that most go through the pain of copying all the details about the pet meticulously before posting on social media.. we had made it much simpler by sharing it directly. We have included the content based on the social media as some allow a fixed characters. We even provided a copy data so that you can do your own writing with these attributes. This is also for Facebook post which do not allow to create auto content data. The expectation is that you would create the facebook post then use the data feature to copy the data manually before posting. There are many more features planned to enrich this data so that wannabe or existing pet parent would find the ideal pet they are looking for. This also include animal lover content as most of them take the pain to take pictures or videos about a pet. Some of the other attributes like hair shedding, past medical history, their likes and dislikes, better pictures and videos. Community participation with the ability to donate a toy, a grooming session, book a playtime with them and many more... "Let's Save them all" ...... Borrowing from Best Friends Animal Society Slogan... https://lnkd.in/ewWdAunS

First and foremost, we do not hold the belief that any dog breed is inherently problematic. However, due to the unfortunate actions of some unethical breeders, rescue centers, owners, handlers, fertility clinics, trainers, and behaviorists, dogs, regardless of breed, can suffer from severe medical and behavioral repercussions. While this issue can pertain to any breed, we must acknowledge the reality of the situation. Assistance Dogs serve as vital companions, offering independence, improved quality of life, and enhanced physical and mental well-being to their handlers. They are life-saving and life-changing partners. Despite our personal reservations about Breed-Specific Legislation (BSL) in our country, fatal attacks involving banned breeds continue to occur. Regrettably, the government appears reluctant to heed advice from welfare experts, prioritizing short-term gains and political agendas over animal welfare. The general public, largely not well-versed in dog expertise, remains unaware of the complexities surrounding BSL implementation. The recent swift addition of breeds to the banned list serves as a stark reminder of the government's stance. Despite longstanding advocacy efforts for change, the situation is becoming increasingly restrictive. It is disheartening that owners of bull breeds, whether legal or exempt, face significant societal judgment. While we acknowledge the existence of bull breed assistance dogs that excel in their roles and positively impact their handlers' lives, the lack of legal protection for exempted dogs poses a significant risk. Instances where handlers are forced to retire their dogs due to legislative changes highlight the potential challenges faced by assistance dog teams. The absence of legal precedents, public hostility, task limitations, travel restrictions, access issues, and heightened scrutiny all contribute to a precarious situation for handlers and their dogs. Anticipating future regulatory changes in the assistance dog sector, we observe that many countries with stringent regulations prohibit or restrict Staffordshire bull terriers. Our lack of confidence in governmental understanding of dog behavior further solidifies our decision. We have witnessed cases where Staffordshire bull terriers have been confiscated or euthanized, prompting us to prioritize the safety and independence of our handlers above all else. While we extend our best wishes to those with legally compliant and proficient bull breed assistance dogs, we cannot overlook the potential risks that may jeopardize our handlers' well-being. At Infinity Dogs CIC, we are committed to safeguarding our handlers and their canine partners from unforeseen challenges. Our decision reflects our dedication to ensuring the continued success and safety of our assistance dog teams. #InfinityDogsCIC

🌟Assistance Dog Organisations: The Challenges and Future Pathways The assistance dog industry is navigating a complex landscape, facing unique challenges and pressures to evolve. Establishing and maintaining Guide Dog partnerships is an intricate process involving breeding, training, and matching dogs with suitable partners, and then supporting these partnerships throughout their lifespan. Each stage is fraught with risks that can lead to early termination of the partnership, making continuous assessment and adaptation essential for success. A significant factor impacting performance is the operational environment. Many assistance dog organisations operate as charities, relying on donations that can fluctuate, creating budget uncertainties that hinder risk-taking and innovation. Rising costs, particularly in animal care and veterinary services, add to the financial strain, as maintaining dog welfare remains a non-negotiable priority. Developing a healthy dog supply requires extensive planning, data management, a robust breeding colony, and sometimes, a bit of luck. Moreover, client needs are evolving rapidly, reflecting the diverse health conditions and expectations that organisations strive to meet. Specialised training for staff can take up to three years and represents a significant investment. Volunteers play a crucial role, but managing, training, and recruiting these individuals also incurs costs. Branding and reputation are critical for any organisation offering life-changing services. A strong brand attracts funding, clients, and the resources needed to sustain operations. Animal welfare, particularly the roles dogs play in modern society and their care, remains under scrutiny. The welfare of dogs in assistance programs is a priority, with movements towards adopting welfare scoring models like the 5 Domains. Organisations that fail to align with these ethical shifts risk being left behind. At United Partners we believe that success comes from collaboration and co-creation, working closely with each organisation to meet their unique needs and objectives. United by our passion for excellence, we strive to share our knowledge and support the industry in evolving to meet the demands of today and tomorrow. Successful change relies on adaptability, trust, and strong relationships—principles that guide every aspect of our work at United Partners. We invite you to share your thoughts on the challenges and opportunities facing the assistance dog industry. Let’s continue to push boundaries, innovate, and create lasting, positive impacts in the lives of those we serve. 🌟🐾 We’d love to hear your thoughts—how do you see the industry evolving, and what challenges do you think we need to tackle next? Share your insights in the comments! For a chat about how we could support your organisation check out this link; https://lnkd.in/eDqnz7wp Dr. Chris Muldoon David Grice Lee Stanway Lucy Michaliszyn Sara McIver