2023-06-26 05:34:52
Soi Dog Foundation The Animal Welfare Development Agency, which has been carrying out the sterilization and vaccination of dogs and cats in Phuket for 20 years, congratulates Dr. Tares. Kassanairawiwong The Director-General of the Department of Disease Control announced that the Department of Disease Control, the Department of Livestock Development, the Department of Local Administration and Phuket Province will jointly push for the first provincial level rabies-free area certification in Thailand at Phuket Province.
International health organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the Global Campaign for Rabies Control (GARC), also record statistics that the best way to eradicate rabies in humans is to eradicate rabies in dogs. Vaccinating 70% of dogs in an area can stop the spread of rabies. The same applies to dog spaying, which according to data shows that spaying 80% of dogs in an area can control the number of dogs. However, sterilization must be carried out continuously in the same area for maximum efficiency. The combination of vaccination and neutering creates herd immunity, which is a natural mechanism to prevent new dogs from entering the area.
Veterinarian Tantikon Rungpatana, director of the Thailand Dog and Cat Population Control Project, said that from the Foundation’s survey, We have sterilized and vaccinated more than 80% of dogs in Phuket. Vaccinated and released on the same day, known as the CNVR process, Soi Dog has been working continuously for many years to eradicate rabies. Currently focusing on cat neutering in Phuket. due to the large reduction in the number of dogs
“The Foundation is delighted with this announcement and has long wanted Phuket to be a disease-free area. But with other requirements or conditions such as a survey of the population of dogs including cats that have been involved in the rabies epidemic. which is a division of the Department of Disease Control that sets standards Causing in the past, although Phuket has not found rabies for many years, it still cannot be announced. The Foundation We are willing to cooperate with all sectors to make Phuket officially the first rabies-free province in Thailand,” said Veterinarian Tantikorn.
Throughout the operation since 2003, the foundation has cooperated with both public and private agencies in Phuket to solve the problem of stray dogs and cats in a concrete way. Including issuing units to provide sterilization and vaccination services for animals in each sub-district. Establishment of a community outreach program (COP) for animal welfare services to provide wound dressing and treatment for dogs and cats in communities around Phuket Island. Sterilization, vaccination and dog health checks in Phuket stray dog shelter and an animal welfare education program that educates school youth on how to protect themselves from rabies and how to live with animals in the community.
Soi Dog is ready to move forward in solving the problem of stray animals in Phuket and is ready to be officially declared the first rabies-free area in Thailand. Including expanding the results to other areas by cooperating with government agencies Private and public sectors The Foundation believes that the problem of stray animals cannot be solved only by one agency, but requires the integration of all sectors.
The Director-General of the Department of Disease Control and the agencies involved in rabies elimination in Phuket plan a meeting in July. together with Mr. Tantikorn Veterinarian as a representative from Soi Dog Visit the Soi Dog shelter to learn more regarding the CNVR project.
Soi Dog Foundation has been supporting the elimination of rabies in Thailand for 20 years. Only in 2022, the foundation treated injured dogs and cats in the community. More than 10,000 animals have been sick through community animal welfare service programs and more than 11,000 students have participated in animal welfare education programs. continues to move forward with various projects and has expanded its work to other provinces such as 14 mobile sterilization units in Bangkok and the perimeter and southern provinces We are currently on our way to neutering our top one million animals, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
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