Sterilisation & Vaccination of Street Dogs
Freetown has one of the largest populations of street dogs in Africa. However, there is a severe lack of qualified and practising veterinary surgeons in Sierra Leone.
While we planned to be fully locally-led when we started, we soon realised that we would need to bring in vets from outside Sierra Leone if we were going to be able to safely sterilise dogs in the number needed.
In 2022, we shifted our focus to bringing in international teams of vets for one week at a time, for intensive CNVR (catch, neuter, vaccinate, release) programmes. At the same time, we are able to provide training to a select number of animal health workers.
Our work is data-led - mapping out the areas we work in, and collecting data by doing dog counts and household surveys prior to, and after, each intervention - using the WVS app.
We focus on female dogs.
October 2022 CNVR Project
In October, we successfully completed our second CNVR (Catch, Neuter, Vaccinate, Release) programme with a team of two highly experienced veterinary surgeons and one veterinary technician who specialises in high-volume spay-neuter clinics.
Outputs:
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64 dogs were sterilised & vaccinated against rabies - 47 females and 17 males.
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Over 100 medical treatments were provided, including the removal of two large tumours.
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Training on sterile technique was given to two livestock officers and one Community Animal Health Worker.
Click here to watch the amazing transformation of Charlie - whom we were able to castrate and remove a gigantic tumour from at the same time.
International Vet Team Visit - Far Vets
In March 2022, CPI conducted its first intensive CNVR event in Freetown - with the aim of ensuring 75% of females in the Wilberforce area were sterilised.
A team of two vets and four vet students from the charity, Far Vets, based at Cornell University in the USA, came out to Sierra Leone to deliver the surgeries.
Previous Interventions
Wilberforce Phase 1 - Freetown,Sierra Leone
May 2021 - Aug 2021
Phase 1 Wilberforce Village intervention plan, was led by the Freetown City Council’s Animal Welfare Unit. CPI was to support spaying 70% of the female dog population.
Our goal was to spay 45-56 female dogs and happy to report that we have superseded that and spayed 60!
Our achievements:
• Total impact of 161
• Spayed 60 female dogs, which is 92% of the counted and 75% of the estimated female dog population.
• Provided 101 animals with medical care
CPI’s contributions to the intervention:
• Data Collection
• Community engagement
• Medical Intervention
• Catching
• Spay & Post Surgery Monitoring
• Release
May 2020
Partnering with a local clinic to carry out community rabies vaccination programs in the community of Spurview.
Vaccinated 15 to date.
Community Humane Dog Population Management & De-worming Program
Freetown,Sierra Leone
May 2020 - Jul 2020
Carrying out community sterilisation & deworming programs in the community of Spur View, Kingdom Hall & Bonga Town.
Dewormed: 17 Dog Population Management: 12
Sterilisation and Vaccination of 150 Dogs
Hulu Langat,Malaysia
Nov 2020 - Oct 2021
Targeting the street dogs of Semenyih, Malaysia.
CPI supported local organisation PATH by funding the sterilisation of 150 female dogs.
Mahabalipuram Sterilisation Program
Chennai, India
Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
In Mahabalipuram there is an estimate of 200 street dogs.
Mahabalipuram is a town in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, best known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 7th- and 8th-century Hindu Group of Monuments. It is one of the famous tourist sites in India.
To date, CPI has supported the Madras Animal Rescue Society (MARS) by funding the sterilisation of nearly 100 dogs.
Shelter Dogs Sterilisation Project
Chennai, India
Feb 2021 - May 2021
Spaying the female dogs at the Madras Animal Rescue Society (MARS) Shelter.
CPI supported the sterilisations of 7 dogs.
