A better life for 8870 stray animals in 2010: FOUR PAWS teams exceed expectations by a third
It was an unprecedented year of breakthroughs for the Stray Animal Care (SAC) projects. Not only did the method of catching, treating and releasing dogs and cats establish in the two core countries, Romania and Bulgaria.
 The project was expanded to new regions, the training of local vets progressed more rapidly than expected, and SAC teams were allowed to return to the Romanian capital Bucharest after ten years of absence. The predicted figures, indicating how many animals can be castrated, dewormed and receive medical attention with the available staff and budget, were exceeded by almost 3000.
7215 dogs and 1655 cats have been vasectomised in Romania, Bulgaria, India, Jordan and Croatia. 660 of them received further medical treatment and often stayed with the team for longer than the usual 24 hours. In addition, the intense information work done by the FOUR PAWS teams in the respective towns and cities has brought a considerable change to the way animals living on the street are being seen and treated by the local citizens.
Many animals – mostly those, who need special care – have been adopted in the host communities. Substantial changes in the EU competence are nourishing hopes that the living conditions of many more stray animals in Eastern Europe will improve in the near future. Most of all, it is thanks to the FOUR PAWS donors, though, whose continued support has made this outstanding success a reality.
23.12.2010
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