On January 6th 2012 news broke that the 2006 Sri Lankan Presidential No Kill Policy for dogs could be about to be revoked , returning the country to a policy of killing stray , street and roaming dogs as a method of population and Rabies control. Links to news stories  English  & Sinhala

Over the next few days Dogstar liaised with colleagues in WSPA and a number of other Sri Lankan and international animal welfare groups, stakeholders and individuals to discuss practical ways of preventing the resumption of culls

On Monday 9th January Dogstar attended a joint meeting of Animal Welfare stakeholders in Columbo and we were all relieved to hear that the news later that day that Goverment officials had confirmed there was no cull planned. Links to news story in English 

No one wants to see a cull but we all accept there are areas where excess canine population is causing risks and suffering for both animals and people. Whilst the Goverment reviews its current statergies and practical national longer term solutions are developed Dogstar will continue to promote humane population control by providing high standard surgical sterilisation and rabies control measures by vaccination and the education of communities in animal husbandry and bite prevention.

Emergency Sirius 500 Clinic for March / April 2012

Although we don’t have the full funding in place we cannot afford to wait , this clinic will sterilise and vaccinate a minimum of 500 animals.  We will  extend an open invite to local officials  or individuals who wish to visit our clinic and view our work in order that we can demonstrate why we believe that this is the most practical , humane and cost effective way to use funding to reduce the number of unwanted animals and prevent the spread of zoonotic diseases such as Rabies and prevent suffering for the entire communities

Help by donating money or supplies

You can support our response to the threat of dog culls by donating today to the Sirius 500 Appeal 

or by donating items we need such as Vicryl 2/0 Suture Material

 We thank you all for your wonderful support and concern and we update on our Facebook Wall as often as we can but please bear with us if our online presence is reduced whilst we continue to work on this issue offline.

Samantha Green , Dogstar Foundation, Operations Director and Trustee

( updated ) 21/01/2012

Sam@dogstarfoundation.com