All posts in: "Animals"

1. 2016 at SHENPEN Animal — A year of vaccination, sensibilisation, education, and care
   

   In 2016, Street Dog Care (SDC), a local NGO with whom Shenpen has been working for years, vaccinated over 1,000 dogs living on the streets of Boudhanath and its surroundings. About 25 volunteers and local veterinarians supported Shenpen’s annual anti-rabies vaccination campaign in the Boudhanath area, pursuing our mission to keep the whole neighborhood safer…

2. Emergency support to animals-2016
   

   Like people, animals are subject to accidents and illness. “When you think of caring for animals, the first person you think of is a veterinarian, in the same way when we see the sick, injured dogs in the street of Boudha we think of Street Dog Care- when there is…

3. Successful Rabies Vaccination Camp 2016
   

   Nepal, with a vast street dog population, continues to suffer from outbreaks of canine-sourced rabies. Not only is rabies detrimental to animal health, it poses a safety risk on the community. The Nepal Veterinary Council and Animal Health Department report approximately 1,500 human rabies cases per year, with approximately 200 annual…

4. Saving Tsering
   

   You’ve heard us say before that we never leave anyone behind, even a dog, so it doesn’t come as a surprise that when we found Tsering, we sprang right into action! One evening, a wonderful lady from Boudhanath named Phuti, who loves animals, found a poor dog lying in a ditch near Mahankal Road. The white dog was unable to…

5. Emergency care for Dogs
   

   A significant outbreak of Ehrlichiosis Canis (E. Canis) and Toxoplasmosis was recently discovered in 6 separate emergency cases that arrived at the door of Street Dog Care (SDC). E. Canis is caused by bites from infected ticks. Birke, Chunti, Findus, Nika, Rani and Rubio all presented with symptoms, and additionally…

6. Street Dog Care Vaccination Campaign, 2015
   

    Leading up to the April 25, 2015 earthquake, Street Dog Care (SDC) had been planning several campaigns including rabies vaccinations for the street dogs in the Boudha area.  The plan was to vaccinate 1000 dogs and photo id them to catalogue which dogs had been vaccinated.  The campaign faced a…

7. Street Dog Care improving the health and welfare for street dogs of Boudha
   

     A staggering number of homeless dogs wander the streets of the Kathmandu valley, some reports stating as many as 25,000 or more. Many of these dogs are malnourished and suffering from disease such as tumors, mange, flea infestations as well as internal parasites.  And these are exactly the dogs that…

8. Mass Rabies Vaccination Camp
   

   An annual mass rabies vaccination campaign by was conducted on April 12, 13 and April19, 2014 by Street Dog care. They vaccinated 900 dogs in Boudha, Phashupatinath, Jorpati, Mahankal, Pipalbot and airport road behind the dog shelter from monasteries to a beggars’ camp, and from main roads to tiny lanes…