Health-City is a concept created to develop the Health condition of people in the Hambantota district. Tangalle Municipal Council has created a new addition to this concept named ‘A Pleasant City without roaming Dogs’ This will be starting on 23rd August, 2010 parallel to the National Dog Sterilization Programme.

As a response to the Deputy Health Minister’s personal attention to make Hambantota a rabies-free zone, Veterinarians for Eradication of Rabies will be starting work in the Hambantota area immediately. 25% of the female population (13,557 female dogs) are to be sterilized within 3 months time. This programme was halted due to Tender problems and [...]

Veterinarians for Eradication of Rabies had a meeting with the Deputy Health Minister Mr. Mahinda Amaraweera regarding the issues faced by the National Dog Sterilization Programme. He promised to solve these problems and to continue the programme as planned. The meeting was held on 11th August, 2010 at the Office of the Deputy Minister. Dr. [...]

Controlling the dog population is vital to the eradication of rabies. The human to dog ratio at the moment in Sri Lanka is 8:1. In some areas this ratio is 5:1. But the recommended ratio of the humans to dogs is 20:1. After the Hon. President stopped controlling dog population by killing them inhumanely in [...]

To Eradicate rabies from the Country, Vaccination of Cats and Control of Cat population is also important. Cat bites cause around 10 human deaths every year. Unfortunately, The National Programme does not vaccinate or sterilize cats. As a solution for this, we have started cat population control sterilization programmes and vaccination of cats against rabies [...]

Initiative Workshop for Policy Development of Veterinary Ethics in Sri Lanka was started on 28th July 2010 and will be commenced till 30th July 2010 at the Institute of Continuing Education, Gannoruwa, Peradeniya. This workshop is organized by the Institute for Research and Development. Around 50 invitees and selected veterinarians take part in this event. [...]

After a long discussion carried out at the Second Scientific Session, all of our members agreed to donate 5% from their monthly salary to Animal Welfare work which is being conducted by the Association. -Dr. Udaya Wijewardhana (President of the Association)