Global Dog Campaign Archives

Dogs being treated by Worldwide Vets | Photo credit: Worldwide Vets

Oct 28, 2024 Recognizing the Impact of Partners and Donors in Ukraine’s Rescue, Relief, and Rebuilding Efforts

Posted at 12:55h In Articles, Companion Animals, Global Dog Campaign, Save The Dogs & Other Animals, Sloboda Zvierat, Street Dog Coalition, Tales of WellBeing, Tigers in America, Worldwide Vets - By Kathleen Rowan CEO, WellBeing International

[caption id="attachment_12440" align="alignleft" width="296"] Helena who escaped Kherson with only her dog Kuzma gets a pet carrier from Save the Dogs. Dated 3/20/22. | Photo credit: Save the Dogs & Other Animals.[/caption]As the Ukraine Rescue, Relief, and Rebuild (U3R) coalition prepares for another year of...

Sleeping Dogs | Video credit: okanozdemir, Shutterstock

Sep 19, 2024 Turkey’s New Law on Homeless Dogs: Controversial Measures and Capacity Challenges

Posted at 16:51h In Animal Well-being, Companion Animals, Ethics, Regulation, Law, Global Dog Campaign, Letter from the President, Public Awareness/Attitudes - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil and Kathleen Rowan CEO, WellBeing International

ChallengeOn July 30, 2024, the Turkish parliament voted 275 to 224 to pass a law directing municipalities to remove homeless dogs from the streets and place them in shelters for adoption. The government estimates there are around 4 million homeless dogs in Turkey. At the...

Jun 18, 2024 Animal Rescue in Costa Rica

Posted at 15:35h In AHPPA (Asociación Humanitaria para la Protección Animal), Animal Well-being, Articles, Companion Animals, Global Dog Campaign, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil and Kathleen Rowan CEO, WellBeing International

In 2015, Costa Rican government agencies brought seized and rescued companion animals from substandard conditions or illegal activities such as dog fighting to the animal shelter near San Jose. The shelter, run by the Asociación Humanitaria Para la Protección Animal (AHPPA), a partner organization in...

Andres attending to a dog | Photo credit: The GAAP

Jan 23, 2024 Changing Human-Dog Interactions: One Organization at a Time

Posted at 09:47h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Companion Animals, Global Dog Campaign, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Thousands of nongovernment organizations (NGOs) are working worldwide to improve the well-being of dogs. Still, providing even a rough estimate of the global impact of these dog welfare projects has proved very challenging. Some organizations – such as the Soi Dog Foundation – have and...

Jan 09, 2024 Pet Demographics: Evolving Numbers and Insights

Posted at 10:09h In Companion Animals, Global Dog Campaign, Population, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

In 1995, Anthrozoos (vol 8(4):199-205) included an editorial by Gary Patronek (then completing his Ph.D. on companion animal demographics at Purdue Veterinary School) and A. Rowan that discussed estimates of the pet dog and cat populations in the United States. G. Patronek reviewed the various...

Homeless dogs | Photo credit: Blue Cross of India

Mar 02, 2022 Humane Management of Global Dogs

Posted at 17:42h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Companion Animals, Global Dog Campaign, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan

In 2000, international animal protection organizations were spending around $110 million annually on global animal protection, with perhaps 10-20% of that total going to dog projects. By 2020, these groups were spending around $400 million globally on animal protection, with approximately $50 million spent on...

Together we give. Giving Tuesday | Nov 30, 2021

Nov 29, 2021 Support the GDC on Giving Tuesday

Posted at 11:38h In Global Dog Campaign - By Kathleen Rowan CEO, WellBeing International

Tuesday, November 30th is Giving Tuesday, which is a global day of generosity unleashing the power of radical kindness to transform communities and the world.We launched the Global Dog Campaign (GDC) to end street dog hardship and homelessness across the world. The campaign aims to partner...

Nov 29, 2021 Global Dog Campaign Case Studies: Kabul, Afghanistan; Chennai, India; Heredia, Costa Rica

Posted at 09:56h In AHPPA (Asociación Humanitaria para la Protección Animal), Animal Well-being, Animals, Articles, BCI (Blue Cross of India), Companion Animals, Global Dog Campaign, Mayhew Afghanistan, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Kabul, AfghanistanAfghanistan recently experienced a change in government, leading to chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as countries evacuated their personnel and individual Afghan citizens sought to leave the country. Dogs were also caught up in this chaos as some animal advocates sought, mostly unsuccessfully, to...

Nov 29, 2021 Dog Homelessness and Development of WBI’s Global Dog Campaign

Posted at 09:52h In Animals, Articles, Companion Animals, Global Dog Campaign, Letter from the President, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

On November 30th, we are holding the first webinar on dog homelessness and WBI's Global Dog Campaign (GDC), and it seems an appropriate time to review the background leading up to this moment. In 1983, I started working on dog/cat welfare and demographics in the...

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