Love, Dog is for everyone who wants to be their dog's best friend . . . We're a trusted resource to help you make the best choices for your dog's wellbeing . . . NEW PODCAST EPISODE #13: TARA BRACH - Homecoming: Being Present With Our Dogs . . . Listen on your favorite podcast app or click on the podcast button in the menu. . . . We say THANK YOU to season 1's podcast sponsors - Fig & Tyler, Wonder Walker No-Pull Harnesses, Colorado Citizens for Canine Welfare (3CW), and, Jope Hip & Joint Chews.

Remarkable! 100% of Street Dogs in Bhutan Are Fully Vaccinated & Sterilized

By Mark Drucker

Waking up at 6AM, these monks get a little bit of playtime before they have to do their morning chores at their monestary. Photo: Danny Postma via Unsplash

The Kingdom of Bhutan has achieved something remarkable! In a recent announcement, they declared that 100% of their street dog poplulation has been fully sterilized and vaccinated, making it the first country in the world to actually achieve this goal. This followed years of their investing in a humane dog management program with the global animal charity, Humane Society International (HSI).

The project has successfully sterilized and vaccinated more than 150,000 street dogs and micro-chipped 32,000 pet dogs.

There are approximately 300 million street dogs across Asia who battle starvation, untreated diseases, parasitic infections, transmissible cancers, injuries from road traffic accidents, as well as direct persecution and inhumane culling.

Read the full story in World Animal News (WAN).

Mark Drucker

Mark is the Founder and President of Love, Dog. His publishing career began at Fairchild in 1988. He has since worked at The Hearst Corporation, Conde Nast Publications, and Meigher Communications, where he was named Publisher in 1998 of the award-winning magazine, Garden Design. He held executive positions at three local media companies, Cottages &. MORE...

subscription

SUBSCRIBE TO
LOVE, DOG

Become an annual or monthly subscriber or give a gift subscription. You'll have full access to all of our original content and best of all, your dog will love you even more!

Subscribe Today