Homeless dogs and new strategy
Belgrade’s authorities have adopted a new strategy to solve the problem of abandoned dogs in the capital.
Saturday, 19.08.2006.
14:25
Homeless dogs and new strategy
For a long time the capital’s number one communal problem has been that of stray dogs. The strategy will offer a modern approach to the unfortunate animals, that of help and re-homing, rather than the so-called humane euthanasia. Elizabet Paunović of the Environmental secretariat said 255 abandoned dogs are expected to be neutered each month.The dog owners can have a gratis micro chip placed in their pets, which is at the same time their legal obligation. Since the plan includes a program of finding new homes for the abandoned animals, the doors of the Ovča asylum will open to those who wish to rescue a dog. Those who do so, will get a neutered, vaccinated and micro-chipped dog, and will be exempt from paying any taxes or vaccination costs for the next three years, not to mention the privilege of acquiring a new best friend.
Serbia’s renowned film director Goran Paskaljević, speaking on behalf of the Belgrade Association for the protection of animals, said the hard work on strategy’s implementation lies ahead, as well as that all well-meaning critique and suggestions were more than welcome.
New city shelters for abandoned dogs are also planned, as the existing one in Ovča is set to become the neutering center.
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