ICAWC

‘Can you save everything? Sadly no but we try’ was the opening phrase of David’s brilliant presentation.

Organisations have to make life and death decisions every day; you will always remember your first dog dying so decisions are harder as emotions are hard to contain when making these decisions.

The emotional pull of dogs is what effects us when we see a stray dog and makes us want to help.

Many people immediate think: set up charity and solve issue in a few years! Sadly this is not the reality. David showed pictures of dogs in poorly made and unkempt kennels by people who thought they were trying to help by taking the dogs off the streets.

We  (animal welfare organisations / AWO) want to be in a place where all dogs are happy.

Sadly, this may lead you to being in the wrong place. Animals should have appropriate conditions, AWO putting dogs in unsuitable conditions is not helping. Too many start up places without realizing the complexity of running an AWO. The RSPCA and Dogs Trust have exist for over 100 years but have not solved stray dog problem in the UK.

Slovenia has no stray dog problem. Why?

You need to talk to each other and understand the issues.

Street dogs in Jaipur die, on average, within two years as welfare is poor. Neutering stops breeding but doesn’t stop bad practice.

You can see more of David’s ideas by seeing his presentation on the resources page.

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