We request that ineffective dogcatching at UNMC be stopped, and that a strategy incorporating desexing and tactics to minimise human-dog interactions be adopted, as per the report provided below.
Summary
• Research has shown that dog catching is not controlling the campus dog population.
• There are currently at least three litters of 5-8 puppies each on campus.
• Several of the breeding females have successfully evaded multiple attempts at catching by the UNMC dogcatchers.
• Dogs are getting through the campus boundaries on a regular basis.
• There continue to be numerous dogs at the SA cafeteria and elsewhere, begging for food scraps and digging though rubbish bins.Recommendations
• The population management strategy should be shifted to one of spaying, which will also ameliorate many problematic human-dog interactions.
• Boundary maintenance should continue being practiced, but with the understanding that it will not be completely successful at preventing dogs from entering the campus.
• The balcony at the SA cafeteria should be fenced/gated, and a safe space provided for students to deposit scraps to be fed to the dogs away from the eating areas.
UNMC Animal Welfare Group 