[Animals] Worrying figures! There are more than 66 thousand street dogs in Bogotá, according to a study

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In a study carried out by the District Institute for Animal Protection and Welfare (IDPYBA), the po[CENSORED]tion of stray dogs in different locations in Bogotá was revealed.

 

 

Stray dogs continue to be a public order problem in different areas of the country, especially in Bogotá, which is of concern due to the lack of guarantees that could be offered to these abandoned beings and the need to establish policies to ensure their well-being; however, until now an exact figure was not known to better understand the situation.

 

Precisely, this changed thanks to a study carried out by the District Institute for Animal Protection and Welfare (IDPYBA), called 'Estimation of the abundance and po[CENSORED]tion density of stray dogs in Bogotá D.C., Colombia: an approach to animal welfare, for which he trained to 352 collaborators from 19 Municipalities to carry out the field work.

 

To find the results, a distance sampling methodology with a linear transect was implemented and a special technological tool was used for georeferencing, recording and analyzing the information, as revealed by the IDPYBA in an official statement, in order to “estimate the abundance (quantity) and density (number of animals per km2) of the po[CENSORED]tion of roaming dogs in the Capital District and obtain data on the structure and health status”.

 

“We are pioneers in the country and second in Latin America, after Ecuador, in applying this methodology to achieve an important approximation to the reality of these vulnerable beings, for whom there is co-responsibility on the part of all citizens. The District Institute for Animal Protection and Welfare is proud to present the conclusions of this study, which will undoubtedly mark a new dynamic in the management of roaming dogs and will serve as an example for the country," says Adriana Estrada Estrada, director of the IDPYBA.

 

However, the results turn out to be worrying due to the large number of furry dogs that remain abandoned, taking into account that the information reported in more than 10,000 records obtained from 1,350 tours shows that there are approximately "66,467 stray dogs in Bogotá ( quantity) and a density of 165 (animals per km2)”.

 

In fact, the vast majority of stray animals were identified in the South (Ciudad Bolivar and Usme) and South East (San Cristobal and Santa Fe) areas, in sectors that border rural areas and the Bosque Oriental Protective Forest Reserve; and in the western and southwestern zone (Fontibon, Kennedy, Bosa), in sectors that border intermediate municipalities of Cundinamarca, such as Soacha, Mosquera and Funza.

 

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