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World Rabies Day: Time for humane solutions
Last year, WSPA supported member societies in affected regions – largely Asia and Africa – in delivering public education programmes and promoting a proven way to stop the spread of rabies: responsible pet ownership.

WSPA takes action on World Rabies Day
Dogs suffer abuse and persecution that stems from being the main source of rabies in humans, as well as the agony of the disease itself.

Thousands of dogs suffer China’s needless cull
This kneejerk reaction to reported human rabies cases ignores all evidence that a humane dog vaccination and public education programme is the only effective way to combat the spread of this potentially fatal disease.

Successful pilot leads to five-year stray dog project
A WSPA-funded programme created to manage Colombo’s large stray dog population was officially launched in a participating community yesterday, to run for the next five years.

Bali’s dogs at risk again
A recent outbreak of rabies on this otherwise idyllic island has seen government authorities rush headlong into a mass elimination programme – except they’re focussed on eliminating dogs, not rabies.

Green light for urgent action to save threatened dogs
WSPA has been working with BAWA and as part of the Bali Rabies Forum – a group of NGOs committed to protecting dogs and stamping out rabies – over the last year, lobbying for an end to the cull so we can take forward a World Health Organization backed method of mass dog vaccination and public education – methods that are proven to prevent rabies spreading.

Update: Hanzhong dog cull ends
While human health remains the priority for Chinese authorities, the meeting participants did discuss a national online survey which revealed that more than 70% of people polled were against dog culling and did not see it as a valid form of rabies control.

WSPA urges rethink on Beijing cat cull
News reports state that Beijing’s cats are being rounded up and taken to holding facilities. WSPA believes that visitors to the Summer Olympics will be far more distressed by the fact that culling has taken place in preparation for their arrival than by the presence of cats on the streets.

Saving stray dogs in Sierra Leone
Mark Whitfield, a British paramedic and mechanic is heading for Sierra Leone with a mobile veterinary clinic that he renovated himself to save strays from a life of cruelty and neglect.

Miranda Richardson visits stray dog project
This Sri Lankan NGO operates mobile clinics and runs education and awareness-raising campaigns in partnership with the local authorities in Colombo, where there are over 3,000 street dogs.

65,000 dogs saved in Bali
Staff from WSPA member society the Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) have been vaccinating free roaming dogs in Bali’s Gianyar district to prevent further outbreaks of rabies and show local authorities that culling is not the answer.

Disaster drill shows preparation pays
On Saturday 25 September, all the local agencies that would normally be involved in disaster relief operations – the Red Cross, Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal (SENASA, the government agency responsible for the welfare of animals), the police and civil defence – were joined by a WSPA team and a veterinary emergency response unit (VERU) in the drill.