Food Agency denies claims that stray dogs are being put down, insisting animals are collected for veterinary treatment only
The National Food Agency has rejected as false the claims circulating to the effect that it is having stray dogs euthanised.
The Agency has called on those members of the public who have been spreading unverified and inaccurate information regarding the stray dog population management programme to refrain from doing so.
“The claims that the National Food Agency is having stray dogs ‘put down’ are entirely without foundation. Dogs are being collected solely for the purpose of carrying out the veterinary procedures prescribed under the programme, which include rabies vaccination, identification and registration, and neutering and spaying of stray and semi-stray animals. It should also be noted that instances have been identified where chipped dogs had not undergone the relevant procedures before the launch of the state programme. Following verification, such dogs are also being treated in accordance with the programme’s veterinary requirements.
Once the relevant procedures have been completed, stray animals are returned to safe environments in stages, except for locations identified within the programme as posing risks to the interests and safety of all members of the public, such as nurseries, schools, and similar establishments. In such cases, animals are relocated to safe alternative sites. The National Food Agency is also prepared to work with registered carers regarding the relocation and return of animals to their areas.
It must be emphasised that one of the principal causes of the uncontrolled proliferation of stray dogs is the abandonment of animals by their owners on the street. The overpopulation management reform is founded on a comprehensive approach, and it also provides for the rabies vaccination, microchipping, and registration in a unified database of owned dogs, as well as the free sterilisation of female dogs.
The reform places clear responsibility on dog owners: it will be possible to identify the owner of any animal abandoned on the street as a result of the identification and registration process. Such owners will be subject to fines in accordance with the law,” the National Food Agency stated.
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Holy Synod to convene at Patriarchate on April 3
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At the invitation of the Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne, His Eminence Metropolitan Shio, a session of the Holy Synod is to be convened at the Patriarchate on April 3. The public relations office of the Georgian Orthodox Church made this announcement.
“On April 3 of this year, at 12:00 noon, a session of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Georgia will be convened at the invitation of His Eminence Shio (Mujiri), Metropolitan of Senaki and Chkhorotsku, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne.
The purpose of the session is to address those organisational matters not provided for under the statutes governing the administration of the Georgian Orthodox Church, among them, further particulars concerning subsequent sessions of the Synod and the enlarged council, the venue for the council’s convocation, the procedure for summoning delegates, and other such necessary questions,” the statement reads.
