Solving a Seychelles Stray Dog Problem Humanely

In response to unowned dogs roaming the Seychelles Bird Sanctuary and “wreaking havoc on the birds”, one man took a very humane approach to solving the problem (full story here). Nature Seychelles Chief Executive, Nirmal Shah, befriended the dogs and started feeding them outside the sanctuary at Nature Seychelles headquarters. By doing so the dogs no longer disturbed the birds and the office compound acquired “excellent guard dogs”. This informal adoption has proved very successful but as the dogs are abandoned pets he is also trying to reduce the long-term problem through campaigning against discarding pets and also accepts that this approach would not work in all situations.

Learn more about the lives and issue of unowned dogs in my e-book ”A Stray View” available from Bangkok Books (readable as .pdf on any computer)