Tag: spay/neuter
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Pet dog stock images can mislead audience in roaming dog issues
The original images in this post are by the author or by WVS India employees / photographers documenting WVS work in India. All things stray dogs have been again getting lot of media attention. News clips are getting space and going viral across Whatsapp groups and other social media. Humane dog population management is a…
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Owned dogs – the low-hanging but ignored fruit in ABC-programs?
ABC-programs in India – short history The history of ABC (animal birth control, i.e. surgical sterilization) programs in India goes all the way back to the late 1960’s. This is when Blue Cross of India in Chennai (then Madras) first begun this program to humanely control the roaming street dog population. After 40 years of…
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IPAN & Hill View Farm Animal Refuge
Past and Present – in brief Past India Project for Animals and Nature (IPAN) was registered and recognized by AWBI in 2002 to run the animal sanctuary based at the Hill View Farm in Mavanalla village, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. What begun as mainly an animal refuge, over the years developed into a base from where…
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What is an OT?
This post continues from the series of posts regarding access to veterinary care that I have published earlier here and here. One of the barriers for accessible veterinary surgery services, from the veterinarian’s point of view, is the available infrastructure and facilities and the perception of what facilities are required to provide basic care or…