Many stray dogs lack water, food, and adequate shelter from heat or cold. In many countries, their populations are limited by trapping and killing. In addition, thousands are shot, poisoned or skinned for fun and die a slow, agonizing death.

The AFSA (Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa) invites you to a series of online webinars in September and October, exploring the many ways Agroecology can provide sustainable African solutions to the multiple crises we face.

The topics:

14. September 2023: Our Land is Our Life: Agroecology versus industrial land use

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There are an estimated 750 million stray dogs worldwide. For years, Veterinarians without Borders has been committed to helping street dogs in crisis areas, such as South Sudan, or in countries like India, which has one of the largest stray dog populations in the world with 35 million dogs. Together with our cooperation partners, we provide urgent help for street dogs in crisis areas and...

This week, vets are vaccinating pets as usual and donating half of the vaccination proceeds to Veterinarians without Borders. This year the donations will go to our project CARE 4 DOGS - Medical help for street dogs.

The network VSF International, of which Veterinarians Without Borders Austria is a member, has long been contributing to the eradication of rabies. The measures include, among other things,

• Mass vaccinations of dogs
• Castration projects to control dog populations
• Education of communities in affected areas
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Zero by 2030 is a joint plan by WHO, FAO, OIE and GARC to eliminate rabies worldwide. The goal is to end human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030. <link...

Die Plattform "Österreichische Tierärztinnen & Tierärzte für Tierschutz" lädt zur 13. ÖTT-Tagung.

Wann?
4. Mai 2023

Wo?
Festsaal der Vetmeduni Wien & online

Alle Details sowie das Programm als PDF finden Sie hier.

• Worldwide, there are 59,000 human deaths per year.
• 1,500 people die every year in Tanzania alone.
• 40% of deaths are children.
• Rabies is 99% transmitted by dog bites.
• Rabies is 100% preventable with inoculation.

Young artists join together to collect donations for Future4Kids.

Our current project Mission Anti-Rabies is dedicated to the fight against rabies. We vaccinate dogs in Africa and thus protect animals and humans from the deadly virus.