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The KAT Centre (Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre) is a nonprofit organization in Nepal. The KAT Centre’s goals are to create a healthy, sustainable street dog population, reduce animal cruelty, and eliminate rabies, around Kathmandu, Nepal. The Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre was first conceived after Jan Salter visited the organization Help in Suffering in Jaipur, India. Impressed with the way this and other animal welfare organizations have managed difficult street dog problems and eliminated rabies through Animal Birth Control (ABC) and widespread rabies vaccinations, Ms. Salter came back to Nepal convinced that Kathmandu can become a rabies-free, dog-friendly city. The KAT Centre was registered as a non-profit charitable animal welfare organization in 2003, and officially opened its doors on 9 May 2004. The organization’s patron is Dr. Charlotte Uhlenbroek. The KAT Centre depends on donations from people and foundations throughout the world to support its programs. It receives almost no support from the government of Nepal. == Animal birth control (ABC) == The Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre’s main program is (Animal Birth Control (ABC) ). Concentrating on an area of the city at a time, staff picks up female stray dogs and take them to the KAT Centre. Each dog is registered by the veterinary staff, who record its health and the neighborhood from where it was picked up. After being allowed to settle for 12 to 24 hours, the dog is treated for existing health problems, vaccinated against rabies, sterilized (spayed), and given an ear mark to indicate that it has been treated. At least three days after the surgery, KAT’s veterinarians confirm the animals are healthy and the staff returns them to their own territories. With KAT’s current facilities, 100 to 120 female stray dogs are sterilized, vaccinated for rabies, de-wormed and treated for existing illness or injury each month.〔(Kathmandu Post ), May 1, 2010. Retrieved on March 10, 2012〕〔(Himalayan Times ), March 7, 2011. Retrieved on March 10, 2012〕 The organization is methodically applying this approach to the entire urban area of Kathmandu – sterilizing and vaccinating every female street dog possible in a neighborhood, then moving the program to an adjacent area. This has been demonstrated in many cities to be the most effective, humane, and sustainable way to manage a street dog population.〔(Report on Stray Animal Control Practices ), 2007. Retrieved on March 10, 2012〕〔(Standard Operating Procedures for Sterilization of Stray Dogs Under the Animal Birth Control Programme ), 2009. Retrieved on March 10, 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KAT Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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