Following months of protest by dog lovers around the world over the culling of stray dogs, done to clean the streets of Kiev prior to the Euro 1212 tournament, a dog sterilization program has been launched. Street cleaning squads sent out to make the streets of Kiev pristine before the arrival of international fans were killing stray dogs, provoking outrage from animal lovers.
Vier Pfoten (Four Paws) is launching programs in Kiev, Lviv, Kharkiv and Donetsk, each of which will host matches in the football tournament.
Four Paws representative Nicolas Entrup said “The idea here is to use the atmosphere, the world’s focus and the European championship to develop something very, very long term.”
“Our ambition is here to provide a positive solution, a positive program where people work together with animal welfare, activists as well as veterinary experts. It’s a positive program to stop the killing of stray dogs, to decline their population, so the relation between people and animals can flourish and be positive.”
This sounds like a very good program to help with animal welfare.
Prevention is the best way to go! Public Awareness!
Spay and Neuter is always best!!