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Contraceptive implant has proven to reduce the stray dogs
Implementation contraceptives in women stray dogs could be a solution to the problem flocks of wild and semi-First United Nations communities, says a veterinarian Bragg Creek.
Dr. Judith Samson French is coordinating a pilot project to prove the technology of birth control in the new dogs living in Tsuu T'ina Nation near Calgary. She hopes that one day could reduce the population of unwanted dogs and preventing attacks like that of a 10-year-old maimed to death at a reserve in Saskatchewan on Saturday.
Last summer, French Samson Felber Julie worked with the Animal Rescue Foundation and Lori Rogers, an animal health technologist at the zoo in Calgary, to implant contraceptives in 15 Reserve female dogs.
The contraceptive implant, called deslorelin, was introduced in 2004 by Peptech Animal Health, a small biotechnology company Australia. It suppresses reproductive hormones in animals of 12-18 months and is used in zoos, Samson said French.
It is estimated that at least 700 dogs on the Tsuu T'ina reserve but less than 20 percent are sought.
"The natives have pets that live inside them, dogs have names and are treated. Then there are all the dogs who live outside the dogs do not want and keep playing. I call them dogs without names. They are the problem, " Samson said the owner-French, bands Peaks Veterinary Hospital, who regularly refers to an overflow of dogs injured reserve unwanted neighbors.
"We have the same problems, but in the city that pay taxes and we have the pound and the dog catcher to address our problem, which is invisible to us. They do not in the reserves. And they are overwhelmed by having five or six dogs scavenging around their homes. "
Some are wild, born in the wild. Some come "non-Indians who dump their dogs in the reserves," Samson said French.
Having been domesticated for 15,000 years, abandoned and wild dogs do not know how to search or find water, he said. They only live two or three years, falling prey to cannibalism, starvation, parasites, predators or cold. Women can have up to 15 babies a year.
"The best solution we could offer so far is the spaying and neutering, but that is not to dent, "said Samson," French. " It is too expensive and too slow.
"That's why the contraceptive implant program is fantastic. Take a minute, is a third of the cost, and dogs do not leave the reservation. "
The implant costs $ 68, compared with $ 250 - $ 500 it costs to sterilize a dog.
With the permission of the Tsuu T'ina residents, 15 more friendly, semi-wild dogs were caught with food and arms of a volunteer. A small area between the shoulder blades of the dog was cleaned and injected with local anesthetic. The implant - together with a microchip to identify the dog - was then injected under the skin.
At the same time, dogs were given a rabies shot and a worming tablet.
Of the 15 women implanted, One was killed by a cougar and the said remaining 14 have not had puppies, Felber, program co-coordinator of the dog with IRA, a nonprofit group that rescues unwanted dogs cats from First Nations and rural areas and found them homes.
The plan is to follow the rest of the 14 dogs and re-deploy every year until 2011, identifying for its microchips.
French Samson said he applied for a grant from the provincial government to extend the study to include 50 more women in dogs T'ina Siksika Nation Tsuu and First and expects to publish its results.
And in two weeks is going to Mazatlan to study from a pilot project to sterilize stray dogs with deslorelin. unwanted dogs are a big problem in Mexico and other developing countries.
The disadvantage is that the implant is temporary, is currently available on a limited basis and only veterinarians can implant. She is the hope of changing regulations and technicians will be able to implant, making it widely available.
Veterinary Audrey Remedios, who volunteers in the Alberta Spray Neuter Task Force on Blood Reserve near Cardston, is interested in the outcome of the pilot project: "If it works, wonderful."
But she thinks recapture semi-wild dogs can be a problem and trying to collect stray dogs is almost impossible.
Glacer Jack, 79, was heading out to feed the stray dogs in Tsuu T'ina three times a week for at least 10 years. He has heard that some mothers on the reservation in expressing concern about the safety of their children around dogs.
"I usually call the police band to come shoot them."
Not sure if contraceptive implants work to combat the problem, but "every little bit helps."
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