SPCA Fiji launches Communities Compliant in Legislation and Animal Welfare program

SPCA Fiji has launched a program that will help tackle the problems of stray and neglected animals in the country.

The program is called the Communities Compliant in Legislation and Animal Welfare and it aims to work with communities to educate, reform and enforce legislation and to de‑sex companion animals, mainly cats and dogs to control the stray animal population. 

SPCA Fiji Headquarters in Walu Bay

SPCA Fiji is teaming up with Vet teams from the USA, Fiji National University and Ministry of Agriculture along with the Suva City Council in this initiative.

The program will begin with the de-sexing of 500 animals on the waiting list at SPCA and there will also be three more ‘outreach’ clinics around Suva and on Beqa Island.

SPCA says if one female dog, her mate and puppies are not de-sexed they could collectively help produce about 16 dogs in a year.

SPCA Fiji Vets de-sexing dog

It says in two years that number will even go up to 128 dogs if de-sexing does not take place.

The program will begin next month.