Veterinary clinics will be involved in the dog hyperpopulation management program, which aims to improve the humane management and control of the growing dog population across the country.
The National Food Agency holds regular meetings with all parties involved in the state program developed within the framework of the reform of humane methods of management of the hyperpopulation of dogs.
Deputy Minister of Environment and Agriculture Lasha Avaliani, Head of the National Food Agency Giorgi Yakobashvili, and the veterinarians of the agency informed the veterinary clinic heads in detail about the measures to be carried out within the framework of the reform.
Attention was focused on the importance of inclusion of all circles, including veterinary clinics. The meeting was going on in discussion mode. Participants had the opportunity to get answers to all the questions asked.
Representatives of veterinary clinics expressed their readiness to be actively involved in the process of sterilization of veterinary manipulations provided by the program, especially owned dogs.
“We provided information to the sector regarding the new normative acts and explained their obligations and responsibilities.” All questions asked by veterinary clinics were given a qualified answer,” said Lasha Avaliani, Deputy Minister of Environment and Agriculture.
Representatives of veterinary clinics across the country attended the meeting. Participants in the working format also discussed the process of mandatory veterinary certification and state control measures being implemented by the National Food Agency.
The goal of the Canine Hyperpopulation Management 2026 Programme is to provide animal research and flea prevention, which is important to protect both pet and human health, safety, and lives.
Within the framework of the program, throughout Georgia (except self-governing cities), vaccination against rabies of owned dogs, chipping, registration in a single base, and sterilization of male dogs are planned; anti-ticks vaccination, identification/registration and castration/sterilization of stray dogs (except for Tbilisi and Adjara Autonomous Republics), anti-ticks.
