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Mission: Animal Care Zone is dedicated to creating “care zones” for stray animals in rural or under-serviced areas. To achieve this, we collaborate with local partners and communities, while building capacity and compassion of the locals. We ensure stray animals receive first aid and veterinary care when needed. We also support the sterilization and vaccination of stray dogs and cats. |
Vision: To eliminate endless suffering and agony of injured, abused or neglected stray animals residing in rural, under-serviced geographical locations, by ensuring they receive the required medical care in a timely manner, through community collaboration. |
Who?
We are a registered, Canadian, volunteer run, not-for-profit-organization based in Toronto, with international reach. We are animal lovers and collaborators who believe in showing our love through action. Learn more about our team here.
What is a Care Zone?
All "Care Zones" will be created in under-serviced locations, through community collaboration and local partnerships, to provide the following:
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First Aid Care & Veterinary Services
Local animal rescuers, animal lovers, those leading grassroots animal care efforts or those employed to take this ownership, will be further trained and supported to provide effective street level first aid care to injured animals in their rural location. Animal Care Zone supports the transportation of urgent cases to the closest veterinarian. |
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Animal Birth Control & Vaccination Program
A spay/neuter camp will be organized for stray dogs and cats in our rural site locations. It is the most humane way to control and stabilize the stray animal population. By the time a stray female dog is just 1 year old, she can have 2 litters of puppies, each litter consisting of approximately 5-8 puppies. Most puppies who are born are certain to die. Research states that approximately 65% die within four months of being born and around 80% do not live to the age of 1. They suffer from car accidents, malnutrition, abuse, weather conditions, illnesses, etc. In most cases, mother dogs are also suffering from malnutrition, but have to take care of their babies. Sterilizing dogs has shown to reduce aggression and increase their quality of life. Necessary vaccinations for animal health will also be administered such as rabies and the "7-in-1" vaccine which vaccinates against distemper, parvo, etc. Vaccinating dogs against rabies is also crucial for human health as stray dogs sometime live in close proximity to people. Animal Care Zone understands the public health concern and works to protect humans as well as animals from deadly viral infections. |
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Capacity and Compassion Building
Animal compassion and animal protection awareness will be spread throughout the site location. By learning, participating and leading animal rescues, locals can build capacity and strengthen their livelihood. Animal Care Zone aims to increase the sense of ownership locals feel towards the animals in their location and the motivation to help them. It is highly unlikely that veterinarians reside in under-serviced areas, therefore having local people well trained to attend to injuries of stray animals is important in ensuring animals receive timely first aid care.
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Emergency Response: In the occurrence of natural disasters in countries where Animal Care Zone has a presence, the organization will temporarily fund local relief efforts focused on animal rescue, in the area of impact.
Why Rural?
Why not? Stray animals living in rural locations be it India, Northern Canada or anywhere else in the world do not have it easy. They often do not receive the medical care that they need at the right time. This leaves them suffering and in agony. Due to the fact that these areas are geographically far from city centers, the help available in main cities do not reach these animals. They are ignored, alone and in pain, often until their last breath. Animal Care Zone aims to bring light to this situations faced by rural animals and help my increasing their access to timely and appropriate care.