Research findings

1.    Reasons for the existence of stray dogs:

 Lost:

    where the owner of the dog did not notice or did not leash the dog properly, causing the dog to lose itself on the streets. As it wasn’t intentional, owners tend to look for their dog worryingly.

 Cruel abandonment:

    With the effects of popular multi animal related movies, and how cute small dogs can be, caused a trend for puppies. However, many owners purchased a puppy without carefully considering the consequences or responsibilities it is required to have one, such as training, caring, and many more problems that might potentially incur, and also as the dogs grow larger, some owners lose their interest in the dog then abandoned the dog cruelly.

 Stray animals’ natural reproduction:

    Dog’s pregnancy only takes 62 days, if a stray female dog is unneutered, countless puppies can be born during a single year. However these puppies are born into a hostile environment, many factors will determine whether they can survive and grow, but the numbers show that this is the main reason for the overpopulation of stray dogs.

2.    Animal shelters:

    For these sheltered stray dogs, after 7 days of the captured date, if no one comes forward to claim or to adopt, they are injected and euthanized. Especially after watching the movie “Twelve Nights” we feel even worse for these dogs.

       3.    Low adoption rate

    Animal shelters don’t come easy, but the numbers of stray dogs are ever increasing, which each stray dog sheltered, costs are increasing per day. With the adoption rate as low as 20 percent, the remaining dogs euthanized. This clearly demonstrates the failure of the Animal Protection Act, and the failed concept of respect animal life. We should promote heavily on adoption from animal shelters, and to endorse the concept of more adoption less abandonment, which can reduce the number of euthanasia drastically, hence meeting the requirement of Animal Protection Act.

4.    Neutering to reduce natural reproduction

    Dogs that are captured are mostly euthanized, if we were to use the funds on euthanasia on neutering female stray dogs, would this be a more efficient way to help reduce the number of reproduction naturally? This is worth thinking about. However government does not think this as a viable option on the county road no.139. We hope that our research can make the government rethink and see if this is a viable option.