Neutering campaigns

Slowing down the animal misery: SUST is tackling it sustainably

Hundreds of thousands of street dogs and cats fight for survival in many countries, countless of them are trapped and many of them vegetate in terrible conditions, while new unwanted offspring are constantly being born. The suffering of unwelcome dogs and cats is endless in many countries.
Neutering is the only way to reduce the overpopulation of street animals in a long-term and animal-friendly way. Thousands of dogs, cats and other animals have already been operated on by the Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation in various countries. This measure has prevented countless unwanted offspring from being born. Such actions have a future: no more emaciated mothers on the streets, no more famine and no more sexually transmitted diseases, in which the animals die miserably.

If the number of street animals is reduced, no more cruelty to animals will be tackled: no more poisoning, no more slaughtered animals, no more shooting. In this way the animal misery is slowed down, slowly but steadily and sustainably.

The area of the pillar "neutering campaigns" includes:

- Collaboration with veterinarians all over Switzerland for cat neutering campaigns
- takeover of the neutering costs of stocks from farms and feral groups
- Rental of cat and dog traps
- Brochure "Cat neutering = active animal protection
- informing the population about this topic by posters and leaflets
- Discussions with authorities and politicians
- Training and further training of specialized personnel for the execution of neutering campaigns
- Implementation of neutering weeks in various countries by SUST teams
- Financing of neutering campaigns in different countries

The activities of the Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation are financed exclusively by donations and legacies (no public support).

Donate for the spay/neuter campaigns of the Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation
These many operations are very effective, but cost a lot of money and therefore we need your help and support: Give hope and instead of the usual gifts, give one (or more) animal (s) the hope for a better life! A neutering gives an animal many advantages and does no longer contribute to the overpopulation of unwanted animals.

Here you can find more information about how you can donate: www.susyutzinger.ch/en/Donate
To find out even more about the spay and neutering programmes of SUST please visit the german version of the website by using a translator extention of your browser.

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Successful animal welfare mission in June 2019

From early in the morning until late at night, a 9-person SUST animal welfare team from Switzerland worked together with a 10-person Romanian SUST team in Galati, Romania, for one week under the direction of Susy Utzinger in the SUST Animal Orphan Hospital and in the new SUST Animal Home.

The results of this mission are impressive:
- 282 dogs and cats were neutered
- Many feral street dogs were caught with the anesthetic rifle and castrated
- Surgical techniques were discussed and much expertise was shared
- 6 palettes full of animal utensils from the SUST material warehouse were delivered and employed
- A case of Animal Hoarding was repaired (more than 30 dogs were caught with the anaesthesia rifle, transported, neutered and treated - the puppies were taken over by us)
- Countless emergencies were dealt with, including
o 2 amputations
o A horse treatment
o Several dogs and cats hit by cars
o Multiple eye injuries
o Various abandoned animals
- The new kitten station (made possible by crowdfunding) was completed and the first young cats could move in
- Many puppies were socialized
- 6 new trees were planted on the animal shelter site
- All shelter dogs were treated against endo- and ectoparasites
- The SUST team took over the dog care during this time and so two related animal keepers could finally start their long-awaited family holidays
- Workflows were reorganized and optimized
- Maintenance work was carried out
- The animal shelters donkeys were treated against parasites

We would like to thank all animal welfare volunteers and employees very much for their great and valuable support in this mission: Despite the absence of a team member and an additional team vehicle and despite many unforeseen emergencies and enormously long days of service, we were able to enjoy a great team cohesion and thus always perform professional animal welfare work.

Our heartfelt thanks go to:

- Kathrin Steiner
- Melanie Dietschi
- Stefanie Duss-Massera
- Thomas Korsch
- Maya Karrer
- Sharon Merki
- Marc Schmid
- Milena Ambühl
- Laura Noto

Country:

Romania

5 Pillars:

Emergency Aid
Animal Shelter Support
Neutering Campaigns

Successful animal welfare mission in June 2019

Neutering campaigns

Neutering campaigns

Slowing down the animal misery: SUST is tackling it sustainably

Neutering Campaigns

Activities

Successful animal welfare mission in June 2019

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