Autumn report from Kosovo and Montenegro

Continuous castration

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So far, 200 street dogs have been castrated in our four regions of operation every month, plus private dog owners who cannot afford the operation and we help. This preventive measure is intended to prevent the abandonment of puppies. The situation on the political side is not satisfactory, as no mayor can make himself popular with citizens with bans. Our veterinarians are slowly reaching their limits and would like to see more pressure on politicians. No other region apart from Pristina and now our headquarters in Gjakova have resumed their own castration program, despite reports to the contrary from other cities, which often only represent a PR program.

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Continuous training of our employees

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Athina Löhrer, animal caretaker and apprentice trainer, spent a week as a volunteer in Kosovo and taught our employees how to care for animals on two days a week. Thank you very much! Sustainable animal welfare requires continuous training, which we demand and also offer from all employees - our veterinarians are also returning to training for Eastern State veterinarians in Thessaloniki in autumn (https://eervc.vet/). We also need qualified small animal care and medicine in Kosovo. Support us in doing so!

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Drenas Clinic - Quarantine area completed

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Necessary, but unfortunately also expensive. The street dogs are often ill, wormed and need special care in the first few days. At the Drenas Clinic, we have four inner boxes and now the outlet enclosure, which is easy to clean.

DONATE requested for infrastructure.

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Kosovo Association for the Protection of Animals

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Once again, we are strengthening Kosovo's civil society in favour of animal welfare by founding a new non-governmental organization KAPA. The three committed founding members, activists from Pristina, will support and report on various projects in the future, and together we will carry out partnership projects for dogs. We support this NGO with your help!

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Montenegro - field work

In Montenegro, with our partners from the KORINA association, we were able to intervene with several dog owners who had mistreated or seriously neglected their animal. The Niksic police helped us and thanks to the efforts of the association, new homes were found for two dogs and several puppies were recovered. In one case, in the presence of the police, an agreement was reached with the dog-keeping family, who have now attached a longer chain to the house and are taking the dog for a walk. Checks are carried out regularly.

We cannot abolish the chain - our recommendation is always to switch to a “running chain”

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AND THAT, for example, and MUCH MORE GOES TOO FAR!

• Animal rights activists bring us seriously ill, suffering and dying animals and still want them saved - euthanasia to reduce suffering is rejected. Sorry, our vets aren't involved.
• Travelers, mostly from the diaspora, write to us: “We fed a puppy this week, we're flying home tomorrow. Please pick him up” - no location, no name, somewhere in Kosovo - service is required!
• “We have found a dog and would like to drop it off at the shelter” - It is of course assumed that there are animal shelters in Kosovo, possibly also ones that keep dogs well and certainly do not kill them!

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Unbelievable where this society is heading! When traveling, we recommend: Get out of your comfort zone and help!