Himalayan Animal Rescue Trust (HART)
Titepani-17; Post Box No 22, Pokhara Metropolitan, Kaski District
Pokhara Metropolitan
Nepal
Persona de contacto: Khageshwaar Sharma Bhattarai
+977 985 100 3514
enquiries@hartnepal.org
k.sharma@hartnepal.org
https://www.hartnepal.org/index.html
https://www.facebook.com/hartnepal/?ref=page_internal
Áreas temáticas
- Organización de apoyo
- Proyecto de medio ambiente
- Política / Proyecto de educación
- Ayudantes voluntarios serán bienvenidos.
Sobre nosotros
Himalayan Animal Rescue Trust (HART) exists to try to redress some of the suffering endured by animals that are without power to control their lives. Neglect, cruelty and ignorance combine to make the world a hostile place for many creatures. HART was established in 2010 to reduce animal suffering throughout the country from its bases in Pokhara and Bharatpur.
Our programmes:
• Dog Population Census & Community Questionnaire Surveys: HART carries out all its census activity using specially created apps which record details of each animal seen and can take account of the "hidden" animals not seen on a first pass and thus produce realistic population estimates.
• Mass Anti-Rabies Vaccination: HART's target is to vaccinate over 70% of the dog population in a given area as this is the level at which currently accepted statistics determine that the rabies risk to humans becomes minimal.
• Sterilisation: HART uses a mixture of animal birth control (ABC) techniques. Some dogs are collected from the streets, evaluated, neutered, treated where needed and returned to their territory when fit enough. Some dogs are brought to clinics by carers and are neutered in return for a nominal contribution towards the costs.
• Public Awareness & School Education: At public events HART regularly distributes leaflets providing information on the avoidance of dog bites, rabies, and responsible pet ownership and exhibits posters conveying its messages wherever possible. Staff frequently appear at municipal events and local media, both radio and print, are used whenever possible to improve public awareness regarding animals. A schools programme in Pokhara has gradually expanded over the years. When possible the schools programme is also included in outreach camps.
• Rescue & Treatment: Street and community animals are prone to disease and injuries, more often than owned animals. HART's Rescue and Treatment programme aims to alleviate the pain and suffering of these sick and injured animals on the streets. They are treated as necessary following alerts from the public, locals and tourists. Any animals needing extra nursing or medical care are retained in the clinic and nursed back to health. Once well enough, they are returned to their territories or a designated carer in the community. HART does not work as a sanctuary and strongly encourages the involvement of the community in taking care of the animals around them. HART is the only provider of emergency veterinary care in its base towns and thus carries great responsibility.
• Low Cost Clinics: HART provides low cost vet treatment for owners alongside sterilisation and vaccination. Some owners use hormone injections to contracept their dogs leading to internal disease. The long term goal is to generate ownership responsibility towards animals as well as to ensure that none remain uncared for in the community.
• Outreach Work: HART carries out temporary neutering camps throughout Nepal. The mobile camps vaccinate and sterilise animals brought in by owners and also dogs collected from the streets that do not have owners. These clinics are held at the request of local authorities who are aiming to transition to humane management of their street dog populations but who do not have technical resources.
• Collaborative Working with Other Organisations: Collaborative working with other organisations: HART has now become an integral part of the communities of Pokhara and Bharatpur. It has an excellent relationships with AFU (Agricultural and Forestry University) and Nepal Polytechnic. HART aims to build long term collaborations with local authorities in outreach areas.It also shares data on welfare work carried out on the Dogdata website, www.dogdata.uk.
• Research: The need for an alternative to surgical neutering has become more and more obvious as HART expands throughout Nepal and links are in place with researchers at the forefront of the development of chemical birth control for animals.
For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.