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Gallery with pictures from some of our Campaigns
KAR Education Programme,
Kyrenia Animal Rescue have always been very concerned about the
indiscriminate use of poison to control the population of stray dogs and
feral cats. One of the potentially lethal poisons being used is Lannate,
an odourless and tasteless organophosthate commonly used by beekeepers
against hornets and also laid down by shepherds against foxes, wild dogs
and rats which sometimes otherwise shun food in which they smell rat
poison. Water melom growers are also said to scatter it around their
crops as protection against crows.
The symptoms of Lannate poisoning are a sudden uneasiness seen in cats and dogs shortly after the poison has been ingested. Increase in saliva secretion, dehydration, and pain in the stomach area and weakness in pulse and blood circulation. The animal cannot control evacuation, the pupil of the eye is constantly enlarged, there is difficulty in breathing because of the blocking of the bronchus by fluids and most characteristically, the smell of garlic. The availability and use of poisons is a very important issue and KAR have set up a campaign to collect all known poisoning of dogs and cats in the Kyrenia area and to work on changing the attitude of the local population and allerting government bodies to the dangers of the lack of control of the use of insecticides pesticides Cat Feeding Area Campaign Restaurants, Hotels and Holiday Complexes are being encouraged to set up ‘Cat Feeding Areas’ where food and water can be put down for the cats in the area. This will help stop the cats bothering the diners, jumping on tables or going into guests rooms. If they are being fed regularly in the same area the cats will not be hungry and will not need to beg for food. It is also a place that visitors can feed the cats without upsetting other members of the public who might not like them. With the cats going to a regular place it makes it easier for the KAR cat catching team to be able to collect them for neutering and any other treatment that they may need to keep them healthy. Signs and advice are given to those participating in this worthwhile campaign and an annual award is given to the Cat Friendly Restaurant /Holiday complex as a reward and an incentive for them to continue the good work. Dog Registration Campaign Meetings were held in August 2004 between the local authorities in Girne to try to encourage them to set up a workable dog registration scheme. The dog owning public would be asked to register all dogs with the local authority where they would be given a numbered registration tag for the dog to wear attached to its collar. This would enable KAR to recognise which dogs on the streets were not owned. In 2005 a number of dogs were registered and at the beginning of 2006 notices were sent out to inform all dog owners in the Girne area that registrations were due. They were also informed that no dogs are allowed loose on the streets and must be kept on a lead in public areas. Following the successful implementation of the scheme in the Girne area KAR held meetings with other local authorities to encourage them to also set up a similar registration scheme in their area in accordance with the local law. Pet Passport Scheme Campaign Following the ruling announced by the European Commission that North Cyprus would not be allowed to participate in the Pet Travel Scheme after 30th September 2004 and that all animals travelling into the UK will be required to be licensed into quarantine for a period of six months, KAR begun a campaign to protest against this unfair ruling. DEFRA’s website quotes:- ‘That the reason why the UK could no longer accept these animals for entry under the Pet Travel Scheme is political, not veterinary. The EU does not recognise the area of Cyprus to the north of the buffer zone. We are therefore obliged to treat it as a non-qualifying third country. We do appreciate the problems this causes some pet owners but we are unable to change the requirements until the political situation has been resolved.’ Is it fair to include animals in politics? KAR welcomes comments and letters to be sent in protest of this ruling to DEFRA and to the European Union. Up until Sept 04 many of our KAR cats and dogs were lucky to be finding new homes in the UK, under the PFP scheme following this change in the ruling the numbers dropped dramatically due to the many hundreds of pounds required to keep an animal in six months quarantine! Animals flying from the UK with Pet Passports are now unable to return to the UK without doing 6 months in Quarantine! KAR rely soley on donations for funding, please help us to help the animals of Northern Cyprus. UK Bank Account Details for your kind Donations: Bank:
HSBC plc, Market Street,
Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3AA, UK or you can post your
donation to us address details on Contact
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