20/08/2020
How different countries deal with stray animals?
Non-refundable catching
Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, UK, USA
This is the name given to the procedure when a homeless animal is placed in a private or municipal shelter from the city environment: then it is not returned to the place of catching. After vaccination and the established period of overdose the animals get to new owners, if for this time the former or new owners are not declared, animals are painlessly put to sleep (not without exceptions). The World Society's largest animal welfare organizations, HSUS and PETA consider this method ethical. They believe in the rhetoric that euthanasia is more humane than a return to a hostile environment where death will be more violent, if not faster.
CSR: Catching - sterilization - return
Bangladesh, Great Britain, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Romania, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, USA, South Italy, locally - in Bulgaria and Greece
It's more of a "cat" story. Dogs in developed countries are more likely to be caught irrevocably. That's why there's a good reason for sterilization to take place in the chain between catching and returning.
OSV is an addition to standard municipal catching. This practice exists in relation to family groups of derelict cats, who live in some urban area. This group always has a guardian who monitors their health and numbers. The rest is taken care of by the animal protectors, who at the same time sterilize the females with charity funds (sometimes the males are deprived of the chance to breed), give them vaccinations, sometimes mark them and return them to their original place.
Legal status and responsibility of the owner
Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, USA
Four-legged people receive a legal status that protects their freedoms, and the violator pays either a purse or even a term under a criminal article for their illegitimate treatment (deprivation of the home is one of the top atrocities): this depends on the realities of a particular country. In the Vatican, for example, under Pope John Paul II, the Catholic Church recognized the soul of dogs, after which they were allowed to enter the temple. Other countries were limited to fines or prison sentences of up to 3 years.
The starting point in most bills like Luxembourg or New Zealand was the thesis that animals are intelligent beings capable of experiencing feelings. However, if the treatment of companion pets is transparent, it is not always the case that they are kept as farm animals (although they are much less likely to be stray). But apart from refusing to keep a pet, this also restricts the ability to sell or give them away or, in the case of a divorce, to appropriate things like that. In Luxembourg the fine can reach $ 227 000, and the term - from 8 days to 3 years, in Austria - from $ 2 000 to 15 000, and in Germany - from € 25 000.
Taxation
Austria, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, USA
Pet tax is an effective preventive method. Before buying a leash and claw, the future owner has an extra opportunity to confirm the 'seriousness of his intentions'. In some countries, such as Sweden, Norway, the amount will depend on the size of the dog. And you will have to pay extra insurance in case of attack. In Germany the tax is €150 for the first dog and €300 for the second dog (in China, for example, it is allowed to have only one), and €650 for the fighting dog.
The tax on sterilized pets is lower: if they are without a guardian, they will not leave a derelict offspring. Payment of the tax also means registration: the pet will be given a number which the owner will engrave on a collar or a tattoo will place on an ear. Alternatively, you can enter a chip (costs about € 30) with information about the owner.
Death
Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine
In some countries, the number of homeless animals is regulated at the expense of their lives. In most post-Soviet countries it is (not) organized shooting. In Moldova, for example, no funds are allocated for slaughtering, so captured animals die as a result of physical violence and head trauma.
And in Australia, according to the strategy of the Ministry of Agriculture, poison baits are allowed to fight wild dogs. Some of these baits are even sold in shops.
There is also a positive trend. In Ukraine they refuse such methods more actively. Replacing .
No stray animals.
The Netherlands is considered the only country in the world without stray animals. They are happy to share their experiences and recommendations in the brochure "How Holland Became Free from Stray Dogs". If we reduce the secret of success to a few theses, it brings together the best of international animal ethics practice. These include the legal status of animals (including penalties for animal abuse), pet taxes, which make the desire to breed animals more serious, and mass taxation of dogs.
