The issue of stray dogs in Armenia remains relevant, while Armenia has no animal protection laws.
Dingo Team Animal Health NGO helps sick, street-injured homeless animals, deals with their adoption. The organization takes care of 92 dogs now. According to Ovsanna Hovsepyan, the founder of the Dingo Team Animal Health NGO, the lack of animal protection legislation in Armenia is causing many problems.
A criminal case has been filed against Unigraph-X, a monopolist in the field of sterilization for about 10 years. Violation of 185 million drams have been revealed in the company.
“This company has turned the issue of stray dogs into a good way of money laundering.
They were dealing exclusively with the slaughter of dogs, they did not decrease the number of dogs, but increased, as the species was aggressive and began to grow faster,” said the animal advocate.
A non-governmental organization offers a solution to the problem of stray animals.
“Two types of work should be done: controlled home-based breeding and mass sterility,” Hovsepyan said.
The Dingo team presented the solution to the Armenian government and it waits for a response.
“We suggest the government to bring a more experienced organization from outside, the World Association of Animal Physicians was ready to come to Armenia in the spring with the aim of stabilizing 3000 lives at their own expense, but the City Hall hindered, as the question was what Unigraph-X had to do if they solved the problem of stray dogs,” – explained Hovsepyan.
Public awareness and the right attitude towards animals are also important for the solution of the issue.
To remind, the symbol of the Velvet Revolution Chalo-Qailo, now lives in the house of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The animalists are convinced that this step of the country’s first face will serve as a good example for changing the attitude towards animals in Armenia.
