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Two leading non-profit animal welfare organisations in Portugal - Dispencario Portugese De Saude As Animals (DPDSAA) and Sterilise Our Strays of Algarve (SOSAA) - have announced a collaboration to implement a large-scale sterilisation program for street cats and dogs in the Algarve region. DPDSAA and…
1075 vs. 1440 animals, an increase of 365 animals needing help918 vs. 1147 cats, an increase of 229 cats being sterilised114 vs. 122 dogs, an increase of 8 dogs being neutralised49 vs. 171 animals needing help other than sterilisation, an increase of 122 animals!!€ 59.728,10…
We are very happy to announce that we managed to sterilise 1075 animals in 2020, despite Covid-19 and the 2021 End of year figures and a tremendous heartfelt thank you to all of our supporters and donators! You have made this all possible!1440 animals came…
In September 2021 when having a coffee at pastelaria in Loule, we came upon a friendly, unsterilised street cat. One of our volunteers investigated a little more and we authorised the sterilisation of initially 12 cats; a guesstimate because not all cats showed them selves…
We have finalised the project for now, there are still a couple of cats to be done, but they will be forwarded and included in the Autumn. We managed to sterilise an amazing number of 26 dogs and 80 cats & kittens in this 4…
We sterilised an overwhelming amount of 898 animals so far in 2021.We were invoiced for € 54.598,50.Of these 504 were females, and 298 were males.96 animals came in for other reasons (surgeries/amputation/medication/ orthopaedic/euthanasia, etc.) at a cost of €6.747,96.In total we paid for the sterilisation…
Authorised sterilisations for the month of June 2021:a staggering 269 animals - 251 cats and 17 dogs have been authorised for sterilisation!25 dogs and 72 cats were from the Alte Project, the rest were mainly in Loule Concelho. Locations:Messines, Vale Judeu, Loule, Almancil, Vilamoura, Quarteira,…
We authorised another 205 animals, (179 cats & 26 dogs!) to be sterilised this month! Of which: 15 dogs, 3 house cats, 50 colony cats came from our low cost sterilisation project in Alte! Locations: Alte, Boliquieme, Quarteira, Silves, Tavira, Vilamoura, Almancil, Messines, Querenca, Loule,…
We have made an A4 poster/leaflet one can print out and post on garbage containers or locations where newly born puppies or kittens have been found in the trash or in a box. We would like to sterilise the mummy cat and/or dog so they…
Danny the little guy with his dislocated hip, half blind, deaf, dementia, kidney failure, and awful lung fibroses. The little guy with eyes to die for, he touched many people’s heart, he was such a charmer! And he was so happy, but yet so unwell.…
We authorised another 179 animals, (165 cats & 14 dogs!) to be sterilised this month! March, April and May are typically the months where the cats need our help the most…but these numbers are something else! Locations: Sao Lourenco, Vila Nova de Cacela, Bordeira, Almancil,…
In conjunction with DPDSAA we have been able to sterilise so far on Armona Island 102 cats. Although we started in February 2020, Covid 19 and its numerous lockdowns and lack of work has affected the planning of this project tremendously. Out of the 102…
In conjunction with DPDSAA we have been able to sterilise so far in Olhao, the "Fishermen’s Cats" – the unsterilised cats are scattered around the port and the industrial estate. Although we started here in February 2020 as well, Covid 19 and its numerous lockdowns…
On 15 April we finalised the Benafim Sterilisation Project. It has been a pilot project, and quite successful and we hope to expand this further in rural Algarve. In Benafim, we have sterilised: 36 cats, of which the majority feral/colony cats and in total 3…
In March we were invoiced for the sterilisation of: 238 animals of which 145 females and 80 males,13 other (broken legs, injured, hit by cars, found, euthanasia)Total number of cats 203Total number of dogs: 22 We were invoiced for: € 14.504,58 for the month of…
In February 2021 we were awarded a grant for sterilisation by the SPCA-I in New York We have just submitted our results, invoices & photos to the SPCA-I as required and requested by them, and will publicise these here too. In total 5 dogs and…
In 2016 we are happy to announce we have helped to sterilise an astonishing 963 cats and dogs throughout the Algarve. 963 animals who are no longer able to add to the already immense and problematic situation of overpopulation and abandonment amongst cats and dogs.…
Portugal, it is a dogs life. Visiting Portugal has to be a nightmare for animal lovers….the number of unwanted and (semi) feral living dogs is so high… dogs next to the road, asleep, trotting along the road, scouring the parking lot for food… And this…
At the end of June we revisited the Camara Canil in Ferreira do Alentejo, with a car full of donations. We met up with Kim, volunteer, Dr Luis – Camara Vet, and Diogo, responsible person from the Camara, whom we met for the first time…
With the help of the Camara Vet. Dra Cristina, constantly pushing for better facilities, things are hopefully about to change in Albufeira. Cristina was appointed Camara Vet for Albufeira in January 2013 and ever since then, she has been trying to improve the life for…
Apologies, i made a mistake.. due to failing eyesight, i did not see it was not dogs but male cats.. so now have adjusted the post...
Some shockingly low numbers of sterilisations in 2024 achieved by Algarvian concelhos!
If you are missing your concelho that’s because the numbers were not submitted to icnf!
2024
Monchique 50 female cats 28 female cats
Alcoutim 52 female cats 18 female cats
Albufeira 75 female cats 47 mae cats
Lagos. 122 female cats 126 male cats
Lagoa 142 female cats 114 male cats
Loule 154 female cats 118 male cats
Faro 358 female cats 202 male cats
Castro Marim 368 female cats 219 male cats
Tavira 374 female cats 297 male cats
Silves 310 female cats 582 male cats
Olhao 412 female cats 256 male cats
Totals 2417 female cats + male 2007 cats total 4424 cats
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Missing information from:
Aljezur
Vila do bispo
Portimao
Sao bras
Vila real de santo Antonio
2417 female cats is a fair amount but still not enough by a long shot and yes at least these are no longer part of the reproductive cycle….
These seem to be owned cats more than colony /street cats! And if the CED is not expanded we will forever be in this never ending circle of thousands of kittens born to colony kittens left to procreate freely…. Every year we are guaranteed a steady supply of kittens needing help!
Over 1000 (almost 1100) kittens we prevented of being born by sterilising the 249 pregnant cats …. Where would these kittens have gone ?
Do people realise the cost of sterilising these 1100 kittens ? Just multiply by average rescue price of 55 euro….that is € 60.500,— ! Price of a 2024 Volvo xc60 t6awd or a 2025 Mitsubishi outlander…just as a visualisation of the situation !
There is no official count or guesstimate on how many feral/colony/garden cats there are in the Algarve alone! Hundreds of thousands for sure… they are everywhere, every dirt track, every garbage container has visiting and hopeful cats looking for a meal to survive….
What needs to happen?
Education, tv commercials posters, free sterilisation of colony /garden cats and cats and male cats belonging to low income families … everybody else will just have to take responsibilities as a pet owner and pay for the sterilisation cost… if you don’t pay, you shouldn’t have pets…
No dog / puppy or cat /kitten should be allowed to leave and legally be adopted from a shelter/rescue before it is sterilised /castrated!
Since we started with this project end of last year we have now done quite some male cats mainly coming from rescues and shelters which have been rehomed unsterilised ! It has to stop these irresponsible rehomings!
If we don’t all work together towards helping these animals it will
Never stop… the abandonment the endless supply of newly born male cats and cats…
We can never rehome ourselves out of the problems by warehousing all these animals in shelters…. Just look at the shelters.. overcrowded and always full…
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mind blowing numbers… 😳
Por favor confiram os dados , não estão certos. Olhão, Silves ...
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Pois…. Devia haver mais consciência e empatia pela vida animal. Pobres animais nas mãos destes malditos humanos. 😔 Entretanto….Enviei-vos um e-mail solicitando ajuda para uma amiga esterilizar a cadela dela, na altura que fizeram a campanha de esterilização….mas não recebemos qualquer resposta. Acha possível verificar? Grata!
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DPDSAA SOSAA project!
Sterilisation/ castration of cats and dogs in :
*Albufeira
*Sao bras
*Faro
*Silves
*Lagoa
*Olhao
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And we had another 8 cats come in for sterilisation /castration !
5 females of which 1 was pregnant with 5 kittens and 3 males have been taken out of the reproductive cycle! ... See MoreSee Less
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Well done everyone 👏
Muito obrigada, wonderful work!
May God reward you twice as much for everything you do for animals
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And we had another two male dogs come in for castration! Two more dogs taken out of the reproductive cycle ! For these dogs their lives will change in a great and positive way!
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Fantastic
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thank you so much.
Same here. It’s amazing
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Adrian and Marie brought in another male from Sao bras for castration ! ... See MoreSee Less
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