Mota-Rojas Daniel, Calderón-Maldonado Néstor, Lezama-García Karina, Sepiurka Leonardo, Maria Garcia Rita de Cassia
Neurophysiology, Behavior, and Animal Welfare Assessment, DPAA, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco Campus, 04960, Mexico City, Mexico.
Ethology, Bioethics and Animal Welfare, Universidad La Salle, Colombia.
Vet World. 2021 Sep;14(9):2371-2379. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2021.2371-2379. Epub 2021 Sep 13.
In this article, we gathered information from postgraduate theses and scientific articles published in several databases using inclusion criteria that had been made in Latin America, in countries with similar economic conditions, and also in the USA to present a point of comparison. The objective of this review is to broaden the readers' understanding of the causes of the increasing numbers of stray dogs and the reasons why people abandon pets in the streets, specifically in Latin America. It also discusses adoption and responsible ownership, identifies what failed in promoting positive human-dog interaction, and suggests strategies to address this problem. It concludes that adoption alone is not an effective solution but that it is necessary to offer education and awareness programs for owners, organize sterilization campaigns, and develop and apply - with the corresponding authorities - measures to ensure animal welfare that will provide benefits for society and improve animal quality of life. The role of veterinarians is fundamental in education and in disseminating the necessary information to orient people before they acquire a pet and prevent animal abandonment to resolve this problem.
在本文中，我们从多个数据库中发表的研究生论文和科学文章中收集信息，这些数据库涵盖拉丁美洲、经济条件相似的国家以及美国，以此作为比较依据。本综述的目的是拓宽读者对流浪狗数量增加的原因以及人们为何将宠物遗弃街头（特别是在拉丁美洲）的理解。它还讨论了领养和负责任的宠物饲养问题，确定了在促进积极的人犬互动方面存在的不足，并提出了解决这一问题的策略。结论是，仅靠领养并非有效解决方案，有必要为宠物主人提供教育和宣传项目，组织绝育活动，并与相关当局共同制定和实施确保动物福利的措施，这将为社会带来益处并改善动物生活质量。兽医在教育以及在人们养宠物之前传播必要信息以指导他们并防止动物被遗弃从而解决这一问题方面起着至关重要的作用。
