Community Animal Birth Control (CABC) Program 2018 Paro Dzongkhag)

Dzongkhag Livestock sector Paro and Regional Livestock Development Centre Tsimasham has coordinated the separate consultative meeting on community animal birth control program with local government and other key stakeholders of Paro Dzongkhag on 20^th July and 23^rd July 2018 at DVH Paro respectively. The meeting was first held with local government to discuss the issues and the modalities like to lead the program and together to inform other key stakeholder for support. The involvement of local leaders first as joint coordinator can able to convince and get support from other stakeholders since most of the hoteliers/resorts/pvt agencies are located in their jurisdictions. Therefore, Dzongkhag, Regional and local government discussed the modalities and reached the consensus that can able to get support from key stakeholders. The second consultative meeting was coordinated on 23^rd July 2018 jointly by geog, Dzongkhag and RLDC Tsimasham. The meeting was attended by all the stakeholders like hoteliers/resorts/business community/ municipality chaired by Dasho Dzongdag.

With the series of consultative meetings we have raised fund amounting sum of ngultrum 1, 45,000 (one hundred and forty five thousand) only from zhiwaling resort, Coma Uma, Aman, Lemeridian, Khangkhu resort, Spirit Bhutan resort, Bhutan spirit sanctuary, Hotel Peljorling.

Objective of our Campaign

1. To control the dog population and enhance the health status of existing dog population.
2. To reduce the public nuisance.
3. To eradicate the rabies from our country.
4. To create our country controlled Dog population and Rabies Free (CDPRF) country.
5. To create our Paro Dzongkhag litter free district.
6. To reduce dog bite cases

The campaign schedule for CABC under Paro Dzongkhag

Fund support for the campaign

The CABC campaign was mainly supported by Regional Livestock Development Centre, Hoteliers and Resort owners of Paro.

Pictorial evidences of the sterilization campaign

Indicator count after campaign

Total coverage= 61.5% (Considering all unknown are un-notched)

Outcome of Campaign

The table below shows the number of female and male dogs and cats operated during the Campaign.

Number of stray and owner animals operated and vaccinated during campaign with number of pregnancies and fetus removed during campaign are given below in table.

 Constraints

1. No budget is allocated for sterilization program from the Dzongkhag.
2. No vehicle for transportation of dogs to field clinic.

 Acknowledgement

The team would like to sincerely express our gratitude to Dasho Dzongda and Dzongkhag Administration for valuable advice and immense support during all time of campaign.

We also would like to thank Regional Livestock Development centre Tsimasham for taking as lead coordinator and providing fund support for the campaign.

We are very much thankful to all the hoteliers and resort owners of Paro for funding the working lunch during whole length of campaign.

It would not be fair if we do not offer our sincere gratitude to National coordinator of National Dog Population Management (NDPM) & Rabies Control Program (RCP) for providing us vehicle and team support, without which, this program would not have been success.

We are equally grateful to all the local leaders and community for providing us generous cooperation during catching dogs and Gewog vehicle for transportation of dogs to clinic.

Lastly, but not the least we would like acknowledge each and every person who are directly or indirectly involved for this campaign. In addition, would like to anticipate same support and cooperation in future during such programs.