Like every year, the last Saturday of June is marked by World Day Against Pet Abandonment. This Saturday June 29, 2024 is also the date which precedes departures for the summer holidays. In France as in Reunion, peaks in animal abandonments have been recorded. Awareness campaigns are being carried out across the four corners of the island.
Published on June 29, 2024 at 11:36 a.m.,
updated June 29, 2024 at 11:41 a.m.
On the occasion of the World Day against the Abandonment of Pets, this Saturday, June 29, 2024, awareness campaigns are being carried out by inter-municipal authorities across the island.
According to the latest figures from the prefecture, pMore than 73,000 stray or wandering animals have been recorded on public roads.
In Reunion Island, animal abuse is a scourge. For several years now, many associations have been speaking out to assert animal rights. There are also Facebook pages dedicated to animal protection.
Every day, pets are abandoned by the people of Reunion Island. Associations are often overwhelmed. They also call for civic-mindedness. On our island, every year, 7,000 to 8,000 animals die on the roads.
Throughout the day, the TCO informs the public in the municipalities of Trois-Bassins, Saint-Paul, Saint-Leu, La Possession and the Port about the dangers of abandonment.
Meetings of the day:
- St.Paul : Bus station from 8 a.m.
- The Port : Cap Sacré-Cœur shopping center from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- La Possession : E. Leclerc from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- Saint-Leu : Fairground market + city center from 7 a.m.
- Trois-Bassins : Super U + city center from 9:30 a.m.
In the East, Cirest reiterates its sterilization campaign aimed at non-taxable taxpayers. 100% free care which allows pets to be identified and sterilized, particularly dogs and cats, whether male or female.
In a veterinary practice in Saint-André, three to four animals are sterilized every day thanks to the support of Cirest, or around a hundred since the beginning of June.
“The owners had been waiting for several weeks, so it started again a bit strongly”says Nicolas Lefèvre, veterinarian in Saint-André.
1,000 applications are pending for this new sterilization campaign. A craze that Mickaël Boyer, director of public service control and tranquility at Cirest, welcomes. “The goal is to sterilize en masse to avoid any uncontrolled proliferationhe said. Today, we find ourselves with 73,000 stray dogs on the territory, that’s a lot”.
This operation is carried out thanks to the collaboration of Eastern veterinarians.
It is truly a joint effort between Cirest and the veterinarians who agree to work at almost cost price for a noble cause. And of course, we are doing our bit in this way.
Nicolas Lefèvre, veterinarian
Sterilization also brings benefits for animals. “This prevents heat phenomena where the dogs tend to run away, with the risk of being crushed”underlines Nicolas Lefèvre.
It also prevents fights. It also prevents pathologies, since a sterilized female dog will have less risk of having a mammary or ovarian tumor.
Nicolas Lefèvre, veterinarian
With a budget of 180,000 euros for the year, Cirest hopes to double the number of animals sterilized for this new campaign.
