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if you have just eaten breakfast, lunch or dinner or are preparing to eat, you probably won't want to read this. Like many of my Hubs, this one is about real life. And, real life can sometimes be revolting. Live long enough, travel far enough, and you will understand what I mean. This writing is about the horrible suffering of dogs in Southeast Asia. There is a Discussion Board, video, updated news reports, and animal safety products below.
While traveling in certain Southeast Asian countries I witnessed the horrific and suporific suffering of many dogs. There was no animal spay or neuter clinics and no organized animal patrol to pick up the sick and diseased dogs that I saw.
Many of these ill animals were suffering from diseases that were turning their intestines inside out. I do not mean the intestines were reversing their position, I mean the intestines were being emitted from their bodies.
Many of these dogs would seek high ground to avoid being bitten by ticks, fleas, low flying mosquitoes and bottle flies fat with larvae. The high ground, in the instances that I observed, were public and university picnic tables. The dogs would sit and lie down on the surfaces of the picnic tables until pain, hunger, loneliness or stinging ants moved them along leaving behind body on the table surfaces fluids filled with infection. Then, students and passerbys would sit and breakfast, snack or lunch at these very same picnic tables. Some of the dogs I saw were so infected they were dragging their intestines along the sidewalks and roads in which they were walking.
I asked one student what most of these dogs were suffering from. The student said, in broken English, Syphilis. My eyes rolled over in horror.
I asked the student why these dogs were not cared for, removed by school or public authorities, something, anything but to let their suffering continue. The student said, "Nobody care, nobody help."
Spay and neuter programs could be set up and established in some of these countries. However, there are incredible hurdles to overcome. Currently pet dogs and cats are allowed to roam free, there is no dog or cat licensing laws, no one is held responsible for animal or human injuries resulting from dog attacks, and veterinarians are far and few between. Clinics could be established to provided emergency care and other services to pets and other animals.
When you can, try to help one dog or cat by supporting your local spay and neuter clinic or program. If each person, for example, in the United States, were to help just one dog or cat in their life time, that would be the equivalent of millions of dogs and cats helped. Only one.
According to ASPCA about "5,000,000 to 7,000,000 companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year, and approximately 3 million to 4 million are euthanized (60 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats). Shelter intakes are about evenly divided between those animals relinquished by owners and those picked up by animal control." Reference: http://www.aspca.org/about-us/faq/pet-statistics.html
While traveling in certain Southeast Asian countries I witnessed the horrific and suporific suffering of many dogs. There was no animal spay or neuter clinics and no organized animal patrol to pick up the sick and diseased dogs that I saw.
Many of these ill animals were suffering from diseases that were turning their intestines inside out. I do not mean the intestines were reversing their position, I mean the intestines were being emitted from their bodies.
Many of these dogs would seek high ground to avoid being bitten by ticks, fleas, low flying mosquitoes and bottle flies fat with larvae. The high ground, in the instances that I observed, were public and university picnic tables. The dogs would sit and lie down on the surfaces of the picnic tables until pain, hunger, loneliness or stinging ants moved them along leaving behind body on the table surfaces fluids filled with infection. Then, students and passerbys would sit and breakfast, snack or lunch at these very same picnic tables. Some of the dogs I saw were so infected they were dragging their intestines along the sidewalks and roads in which they were walking.
I asked one student what most of these dogs were suffering from. The student said, in broken English, Syphilis. My eyes rolled over in horror.
I asked the student why these dogs were not cared for, removed by school or public authorities, something, anything but to let their suffering continue. The student said, "Nobody care, nobody help."
Spay and neuter programs could be set up and established in some of these countries. However, there are incredible hurdles to overcome. Currently pet dogs and cats are allowed to roam free, there is no dog or cat licensing laws, no one is held responsible for animal or human injuries resulting from dog attacks, and veterinarians are far and few between. Clinics could be established to provided emergency care and other services to pets and other animals.
- To establish spay and neuter clinics in these countries dog and cat licensing would have to be mandatory. Such licensing could bring in the fees needed to help fund the infrastructure needed to establish local and or regional spay and neuter clinics.
- The clinics would require veterinarians for the surgery procedures. Students who were at an advanced stage in their study of animal science and medicine could participate in a three month internship, required for graduation, providing the surgical procedures.
- Fines could be implemented for owners of cats and dogs who are not licensed. The fines could be used for enforcement of dog and cat licensing as well as to help fund the spay and neuter clinics.
When you can, try to help one dog or cat by supporting your local spay and neuter clinic or program. If each person, for example, in the United States, were to help just one dog or cat in their life time, that would be the equivalent of millions of dogs and cats helped. Only one.
According to ASPCA about "5,000,000 to 7,000,000 companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year, and approximately 3 million to 4 million are euthanized (60 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats). Shelter intakes are about evenly divided between those animals relinquished by owners and those picked up by animal control." Reference: http://www.aspca.org/about-us/faq/pet-statistics.html
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