In Vitebsk region have not yet fully resolved the issue with catching stray animals in settlements. Spetsavtobaza Vitebsk, which carries it, is not able to satisfy all requests due to lack of contracts directly with village councils. It turns out that the owners are not responsible for those whom they have tamed and home maintenance and other services.

Homeless animals made by people who played enough with a dog or kitten, which expose them to the door. If you're lucky, on the street vagrant quadrupeds may find themselves owners, but this is an exception to the rule. The remaining bred offspring of the same fruits victims of circumstances. They are, according to §17 of the Rules Pet dogs, cats, and catching stray animals in the localities of the Republic of Belarus, approved by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of 04.06.2001, №834, including collars, tokens and muzzled, be catching. If this is not done in time, the animals can bring a person not just a nuisance but also by contact "reward" whole "bouquet" of disease. In particular, toxoplasmosis, which is very dangerous for women, and the most dangerous - rabies.

According Vitebsk zonal center of hygiene and epidemiology in four months of this year due to medical care and scratching bites in hospitals contacted 31 people. If we trace the geography of appeals, the most disturbing information comes from residents of suburban settlements Babinichi, Tulovo, Olgovo, Sokolniki.

These addresses are familiar and Housing and Communal Services "Vitraykomhoz". According to the group engineer Olga Trubechkovoy enterprise improvement since the beginning of this year, an application for catching stray animals came from the chairmen Babinichy, Vorony, Zaronovo rural councils, and were transferred to the competence of the police department of the Vitebsk. Only six hits. During the 12 months of last year, the number was about 30.

Suffers from stray animals on livestock and poultry. So, just the other day in "Vitraykomhoz" dismantled appeal that in Olgovo stray dog attacked a goat and chickens local resident than it inflicted material damage.

In many cases, the owners of our smaller brethren disregard the rules of their content, which is written: "The owners of dogs, cats are required to be displayed in case of need of dog owners or other isolated premises, as well as isolated areas in public spaces on a short leash and muzzled except for puppies under the age of three months and pet dog growing up to 25- inches at the withers, which can be displayed on a leash without a muzzle. Owners of dogs, cats forbidden to walk dogs on the local area." The hosts also often at night let their pets walk to the village, and often do not lock the gate, and then complain about the "vicious dog", which vented his furious temper at passers-by. But "the owners of dogs, cats must strictly observe sanitary rules and norms of their content, to ensure the safety of people, to prevent contamination of these animals public places".

As noted epidemiologist of Vitebsk zonal center of hygiene and epidemiology Krivolap Galina, an important issue in the proper keeping of pets is their timely vaccination against rabies. It conducts district veterinary station, free of charge. Within four months of the year in 1043 vaccinated dogs and 497 cats. Vaccines produced in Russia "hold" immunity during the year, so now revaccination of last year's "April group" pets.

- Rabies is mainly exposed to wild animals, and not those outside the house on a leash. But the street, as well as foxes, raccoons, "the needle will not plant". This year a case of visiting the village Dungeons Zadubrovskiy village council rabid raccoon - draws attention to the urgency of the deputy chief Alexander Maslakov.

Create your own cards on veterinary wildlife, of course, is not possible, but for pets is quite real. Before "declare war" stray dogs and cats, experts point to the owners of four-legged pets that they can influence the situation that is emerging. First, review the culture and attitudes to animals take responsibility for them.

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