On Sunday the 6th of March 2022, we (the service group “Care for Paws”), successfully held our (supposed to be) annual Sterilization Camp. The camp took place from 7:30 a.m to 4:00 p.m in the Sri Lanka Army Headquarters, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte. A total of 36 dogs were sterilized with 3 treated for ttbt. There was even an unexpected parturition of 3 puppies, all of whom were healthy and well by the end of the day!
The event was an incredible success and helped us get right back into what they love doing after a long blank few years.
The main purpose our service group is to raise funds over the year through events such as bake sales and other fundraisers in order to achieve the end of the year goal: holding an annual sterilization camp for street dogs in Sri Lanka.
Sterilization is an extremely important way to counter the ever-increasing growth of street dog population in the country. In the past, the government was forced to tackle these population issues by “putting down” street dogs all over Sri Lanka. As a service group that aims to better the welfare of animals in the country, this is an issue that Care for Paws aims to fight. We do this through our sterilization camps, where treated dogs will get marked on their ears to show that these animals have been sterilized. This method has been extremely successful to both reduce street dog death as well as to reduce the overall dog population that was so problematic in the past. And all of that doesn’t even include the health benefits that sterilization brings to dogs, preventing diseases such as testicular cancer and prostate problems.
I personally enjoyed the event a lot and it felt good to spend a day helping our local community in great ways. I was also asked to write an article about the event, which I thought would be great considering I could base my CAS blog as well as the article on the same thing I write. Here is a link to the article on the school’s weekly newsletter: https://sites.google.com/osc.lk/osc-newsletter-21-22-issue23/co-curricular-activities?authuser=0
