(NP) Nepalese newspaper THT in editorial praises Jan Salter and KAT

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*Editorial The Himalayan Times*

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*Humane and viable*

** The Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre (KAT) has sterilised 5,700 stray

bitches in the last four years, forestalling the birth of an estimated

55,000 puppies. KAT has also been administering anti-rabies vaccines and has

rescued 1,400 sick or injured dogs from streets in the capital city. This

year, with the help of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), KAT aims to

sterilise another 1,500 bitches and treat 500 dogs. Founded by British

national Jan Salter, the centre has played an important role in ridding the

Valley of stray dogs in a humane and sustainable manner.

 

Only a few years ago, the Kathmandu metropolitan authorities used to mass

poison the stray dogs in its bid to rid Kathmandu of these uncared for

animals. The practice was grossly inhumane and unhygienic as the corpses

were left to rot for days before KMC authorities came around to collect

them. Salter's method of neutering the dogs, in this respect, is a huge

improvement on the earlier cruel method of poisoning. It is heartening to

see personalities from all walks of life in Nepal supporting Salter in his

good cause. The society should extend to Salter every kind of help so that

the population of stray dogs in Kathmandu is kept in check and the remaining

canines get the care and respect they deserve as living beings.

www.katcentre.org.np

 

 

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Lucia de Vries

Freelance Journalist

Bagdol, Patan, Nepal

Wijk 4-47, 8321 GE Urk, Holland