Legal issues of veterinary services for shelters for stray animals in the Russian Federation

Mihail N Vasiliev,Anastasia A Butova,Ivan N Nikitin,Anastasia I Vasilieva,A Valiev,M Kalimullin,R Nizamov,B Ziganshin,A Taylan,W Heijman,F Nezhmetdinova,D.I Zhilyakov,D.A Zyukin,M Nizamutdinov,I Safiullin

doi:10.1051/bioconf/20213700185

Abstract

The important problem of urban and large rural settlements of the Russian Federation is the increase in the number of stray animals. The activities of shelters for stray animals are associated with a number of obligatory veterinary preventive measures. These measures require the development of a comprehensive system of veterinary services for animal shelters, including the procedure for the initial reception of an animal to a shelter, the procedure to identify an animal without owners showing unmotivated aggressiveness, a system of veterinary preventive measures in a shelter, a method of humane treatment of animals in a shelter, a typical staffing of veterinary shelter specialists and a typical diet for an animal in a shelter. In many constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the activities to regulate the number of stray animals are carried out by private specialized organizations in accordance with the concluded municipal contracts. The existing practice does not allow organizing a single effective system to regulate the number of stray animals. A regional system for the regulation of the number of stray animals could be organized under the leadership of the State Veterinary Service of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in cooperation with existing private shelters for stray animals. This system can not be created without an appropriate regional regulatory framework. The authors propose the development and implementation of a comprehensive system of veterinary services for animal shelters at the level of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. This system will serve as one of the elements to maintain the epizootic and epidemic well-being of the territories of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for zooanthroponosis, among which rabies is the most relevant.

Highlights

One of the serious problems of urban and large rural settlements of the Russian Federation is stray animals and, in particular, an uncontrolled increase in their number
The modern problem of urban and large rural settlements of the Russian Federation is the increase in the number of stray animals
The activity of shelters for stray animals is associated with a number of obligatory veterinary preventive measures, as well as the castration of animals

Summary

Introduction

One of the serious problems of urban and large rural settlements of the Russian Federation is stray animals and, in particular, an uncontrolled increase in their number. This situation endangers the life and health of pets, as well as humans. It is necessary to legislatively regulate the issues of humane treatment, feeding, veterinary services for stray animals kept in shelters This is one of the elements to maintain the epidemic and epizootic well-being of the territories of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for zooanthroponotic diseases, among which rabies is the most urgent one

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