By Kate Robey | Charitable Trust Operations Manager
Dear Supporters,
HART has been running a series of sterilization and vaccination camps around Nepal in the last few months. Recently staff from both bases Pokhara and Bharatpur arrived in Birtamod to do a pilot program.
This pilot program was conducted together with the Birtamod Municipality (formed less than two years ago) and the District Livestock Services Office (DLSO) Jhapa. This is a trading town and the people seem very focussed on business with little interest beyond this. However, Jhapa region has a high rabies risk.
Catching dogs in Birtamod town was very challenging for several reasons:
a) a high percentage of free-roaming dogs are stray dogs
b) unlike in other cities the community were less supportive (though a huge crowd gathered to see staff catching dogs with a net, which perhaps was fun to them)
c) dogs were already frightened by people and even wary of taking food
Nevertheless, the Birtamod Municipality provided a splendid venue for the team and that eased a lot of pressure. The camp was arranged at a hotel that had a beautiful garden for the tents, and welcome shade for both staff and dogs.
Out of 178 dogs that were neutered (168 spaying and 10 castration) over the period of 5 days, only a dozen were brought by the public and the rest were caught by the team using nets.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Birtamod Municipality Mr. Rabindra Osti spent a lot of his time with HART during the program. Also, the political party representatives attended both formal opening and closing ceremonies. They would like to repeat the program again next year.
HART has offered to train a couple of municipal staff as well as to work alongside the DLSO to train the veterinarian and vet technicians. This would enable both Biratmod Municipality and DLSO to begin a program on a small scale and grow further.
Grateful thanks to Mr. Kumar Singh Khatri from DLSO, based in Bhadrapur for bringing all the stakeholders together and for the warm hospitality extended during the program. His generosity during the Holi (festival of colors), was greatly enjoyed. The 2016 Holi in Jhapa will be remembered for years to come by everyone involved!
Our next camp is in Bhadrapur, which is also within Jhapa district.More news coming soon!
More news coming soon!
With Gratitude,
HART
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