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1. Evaluation of Stray Dog Population Control
Project
causes downsizing of project,
but stimulates dialog among NGOs and
government branches and results in
additional funding
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2. Rinat Akhmetov's Foundation for
"Development of Ukraine"
http://www.fdu.org.ua/
established on July 15, 2005
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4. 5 areas of Foundation’s activity
Health of the Nation
Family Warmness
Targeted Assistance
Dynamic culture
Modern Education
Budget: USD 140 mln. total spent in 2005-2013
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5. Street Dog (SD) Project
in Donetsk
2010-2015
Why did we do it?
Large number (15 000) of stray dogs on the
streets of the city of Donetsk and their massive
euthanasia by the municipal enterprise
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7. Project Goal:
To develop and implement humane and effective solution to
the SD problem in cooperation with the municipal
government
(reduction of SD number by 30%, from 15 thousand in 2011
to 10 thousand in 2013).
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8. Main Project Activities:
1. Implementing CSV method of regulation of the SD
population (Capture. Sterilization. Vaccination.
Chipping. Clipping and Releasing animals to their
natural habitat)
2. Establishing veterinary care for the SD.
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9. 3. Building the first shelter with decent conditions for the maintenance of the
SD in Ukraine.
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10. First Canis Familiaris Survey in the former
USSR countries
Dynamics of the Stray Dog Population
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3000
6000
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12000
15000
18000
2011 year 2012 year 2013 year
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11. Progress Evaluation
of the Street Dog Project Methods:
April-June 2012
1. Telephone survey of residents of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv,
Lviv (2,373 respondents)
2. Focus groups with Donetsk residents (2 focus groups)
3. In-depth interviews with experts (15 interviews)
4. Construction of mathematical model of dog population
variability (based on the " Leslie Matrix")
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12. Dynamics of the Stray Dog Population in Donetsk
city taking into account influx of dogs new-comers
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Basic model plus 1000 run away domestic dogs plus 5000 run away domestic dogs
13. Main conclusion
Freely strolling unsterilized pet dogs, puppies thrown
out, runaway dogs can completely eliminate the effect of
the CSV program
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15. New Pet Rules in Donetsk city
approved by the city counsel
on December 19, 2012
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16. Cofinancing (in USD mln.) of the stray dog
population regulation
in 2011-2014 in Donetsk
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0,23 0,29
0,36
0,40
0,00
0,20
0,40
0,60
0,80
1,00
1,20
1,40
2011 2012 2013 2014
Foundation's Budget City budget
17. What do we know after evaluation?
• Cause and effect model was not correct
• Project dealt with the most urgent problem for the local
community
• Project had effect
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18. What we do not know after evaluation?
Was reduction of dog population due to the effect of the
project?
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19. Thank you for your attention!
Anna Martsinkiv,
Analysis, Planning and Evaluation Department
amartsinkiv@fdu.org.ua
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Editor's Notes
Biggest private Foundation in Ukraine
Has two offices: main office in Donetsk, regional office in Kyiv- capital of Ukraine
About 80 employees
Works in all 27 regions of Ukraine
Project Stray Dog is part of the in Targeted assistance program area
Methodology of the World Society for the Protection of Animals was used to design the survey. Thus, the survey was repeated 3 times and thanks to it we have the dynamics of dog population in Donetsk for three years. Neither Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, nor Moscow, capital of Russia can boast about the same.
Needs asessment: after this evaluation we were assured that danger of becoming a victim of the aggressive behavior of the SD is the most acute problem for Donetsk citizens: 82% see them regularly and 5% were bitten
Method justified: CSV was justified by the citizens as the next popular after putting animals into animal shelters
But CSV method is effective when 70% of female gods are sterilized and there are no new animals to join the old SD population
Blue line: sterilization of the 70% of SD before the end of 2012 г. Will lead to 28%reduction of the population in the next year – 2013 (WHICH PROJECT REACHED),and almost 50% reduction after 5 years. But this is true with the premises that population is not joined by the pet dogs.
Even very modest influx of pet dogs into the street (about 1000 dogs anualy,) is sufficient to eliminate the effect of the project; and influx of 5000 individuals annually will lead to annual sharp increase of the SD population.
How probable is such an influx?
39% of Donetsk citizens have at least one dog; every tenth citizen has more than one dog.
Only 15% of citizens reported that they sterilized at least one of their dogs.
большинство из участников исследования просто не видит в этом необходимости. Именно непонимание смысла и цели этой процедуры приводит к такой высокой доле нестерилизованных животных. Ни финансовый фактор, ни отсутствие в городе необходимых учреждений, барьерами не являются. Для примера, в Донецке только 2% владельцев домашних животных сказали о том, что причина отказа от стерилизации – затраты времени и денег; и ни один из респондентов не указал в качестве причины отсутствие учреждений, в которые можно было обратиться с этой проблемой.
В зарубежной практике комплексное решение проблемы бездомных животных достигается путем внедрения триады: «ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВО — ОБУЧЕНИЕ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ — ГУМАННОЕ УМЕНЬШЕНИЕ ЧИСЛЕННОСТИ»
Гуманное уменьшение численности животных в Донецке уже происходит, для этого выбран метод ОСВ.
Законодательная составляющая программы должна обеспечить юридическую ответственность хозяев за своих питомцев (идентификация животных, запрет на бесконтрольное размножение, ответственность за жестокое обращение с животным).
Информационная и образовательная кампания среди населения является необходимым компонентом для того, чтобы привить навыки ответственного отношения к животным, тем самым постепенно уменьшая приток выброшенных животных на улицы.
It was defined for the first time in the city legal documents that stray animals are pet animals left without human care…
City Authorities split main effort of the program between pets and stray dogs after evaluation
First Instance of Employment of Volunteers from the Local Animal Protection Organizations by the Local Authorities in Donetsk city
Foundation will continue with sterilization of the stray dogs
Main Activities of the Donetsk city for 2014:
Capture of the stray dogs.
Free sterilization and registration in the database of the pet dogs.
Communication with the owners.
