Chaudhari Amit, Brill George, Chakravarti Indira, Drees Tim, Verma Shrikant, Avinash Nidhi, Jha Abhinandan Kumar, Langain Sitaram, Bhatt Narendra, Kumar Sanjit, Choudhary Satyanarayan, Singh Parvinder, Chandra Subhash, Murali Anju, Polak Katherine
Humane Society International, 1255 23rd Street NW, Suite 450, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
Volunteer, Humane Society International, 13721 Nogales Dr, Del Mar, CA 92014, USA.
Animals (Basel). 2022 Aug 8;12(15):2000. doi: 10.3390/ani12152000.
Street dogs survive on food handouts provided by individuals, or the wider community yet typically receive limited to no veterinary care. They can also carry a variety of zoonotic diseases such as rabies, posing a significant risk to human and dog population health. Dog sterilisation is one of the most humane and effective methods available to control street dog populations. Dog sterilisation programmes, particularly those operating at a large-scale, often face a variety of challenges including limited resources, staffing, and less-than-ideal facilities. Recordkeeping is often a challenge as well, which can complicate the return of a sterilised dog to their location of capture. Street dogs are territorial, and the return of a dog to an incorrect location is fraught with various welfare issues, as well as an increased risk of postoperative complications, including death. Humane Society International developed a mobile phone-based application called 'HSIApps' drawing on years of field experience and data collection in street dog location recording, as well as clinical and postoperative treatment. HSIApps facilitates the return of dogs back to their exact captured location, which ensures dog welfare, and generates reports of a variety of useful data variables to maximise the efficacy and reliability of sterilisation programmes.
流浪狗依靠个人或更广泛的社区提供的食物施舍生存，但通常很少或根本得不到兽医护理。它们还可能携带多种人畜共患疾病，如狂犬病，对人类和犬类种群健康构成重大风险。犬绝育是控制流浪狗数量最人道、最有效的方法之一。犬绝育计划，尤其是那些大规模开展的计划，往往面临各种挑战，包括资源有限、人员配备不足以及设施不理想。记录保存通常也是一项挑战，这可能会使绝育后的狗返回捕获地点变得复杂。流浪狗具有领地意识，将狗送回错误的地点会带来各种福利问题，以及术后并发症风险增加，包括死亡。国际人道协会利用在流浪狗位置记录以及临床和术后治疗方面多年的实地经验和数据收集，开发了一款名为“HSIApps”的手机应用程序。HSIApps有助于将狗送回其确切的捕获地点，这确保了狗的福利，并生成各种有用数据变量的报告，以最大限度地提高绝育计划的效力和可靠性。
