Stray dogs is not a view in Georgian cities you may omit. Why there are so many? How the local organizations and Georgians deal with their situation? How you can help them when in Georgia? These and many more questions we asked Natia, our today’s guest who cooperates with the most active animal organizations in Georgia – Zero Strays Georgia and The Animal Project.
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Show notes:
00:00 – What is the episode about and what we talk about today?
1:55 – Let’s meet our todays guest Natia Chikovani from Animal Project
2:30 – Having animals at home or in the yard – is this popular and how it’s changing?
5:00 – The shift of approach to animals as companion – from farm animal to pets.
6:30 – Situation of stray dogs and other animals – the statistics and governmental approach
11:30 – Why there are so many stray animals on the streets in Georgia?
15:30 – The reasons why there are many pure breed dogs on the streets of Georgian cities
17:15 – Why people buy pure breed dogs and then abandon them on the street and how the dogs “become trendy”
24:00 – Social campaigns showing and educating the stray dogs and cats are not “worse” than pure breed
25:50 – How the situation of stray dogs is evolving – cities and rural areas comparison
28:50 – Animal shelters situation in Georgia and governmental approach to animals situation, including stray dogs and cats
33:40 – What do the ear tags mean when you see it on the animals and are there any differences?
36:50 – How to react when you see the stray dog in the city or in the mountains?
40:40 – Which food is the best and which is forbidden to give to stray animal?
43:15 – Adoption of strays among Georgians
48:30 – How can you support the animal organizations in Georgia?
53:20 – Situation of foreigners living in Georgia temporarily, adoption and taking the animals with you abroad.