By William J Fielding
ISBN-10: 1557533342
ISBN-13: 9781557533340
The puppy inhabitants within the Bahamas is composed quite often of mongrels, referred to as "Potcakes," a time period exact to the larger Bahamas archipelago. Potcakes presents the 1st systematic research of puppy possession in a Caribbean society via investigating the Bahamian perceptions of "pet" and "responsible puppy possession" within the context of either puppy overpopulation matters and the way "image" canines like Rottweilers and Pit Bulls have interacted with and adjusted the Potcake inhabitants.
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Thus, any inability of the Unit either to respond to calls or to catch nuisance dogs may result in residents removing these animals by whatever means they can employ. Bahamas Kennel Club This was founded in 1978 and is primarily a registration body that keeps records and issues certificates of pedigree to all recognized breeds of pure-bred dogs. Its registrations are accepted by kennel clubs in Canada, the UK and the USA. Its objectives include the encouragement and development of pure-bred dogs and it also strives for the better care and control of all dogs.
It was conceived following the 1942 Act concerning dogs and it was initially run by the Bahamas Humane Society. The Animal Control Unit has been in its current form since the mid-1960s, when the Department of Agriculture assumed control of it. It is responsible, amongst other things, for catching roaming and nuisance dogs, raccoons, snakes and other animals. It enforces the Dog License Act, inspects guard-dog facilities, and assists the police with enforcement of the Penal Code and the Veterinary Division with animal quarantine.
An average of about 1,200 calls were made per year and about 1,250 adults removed from the dog populations, both owned and unowned; this may represent about 2% of the population. The Animal Control Unit not only offers an important service in removing unwanted or nuisance animals but its captures also help in restraining the growth of the roaming dog population. 1,167 796 561 2,144 Calls made 1,120 1,586* 1,966* 1,204* 1,974* 842 713 760 1,152 1,059 1,066 Dogs caught 538 506 210 446 871 938 794 Pups caught 4 4 4 5 5 1 Dogs died (%) 3 2 1 5 3 3 1 1 Dogs escaped (%) 2 1 1 Dogs adopted (%) 4 6 5 2 3 3 3 7 Dogs released (%) 90 90 92 90 95 85 Dogs euthanized (%) *For 1990–1993, the number of dogs is probably the total number of canines as no figures were given for the number of pups.
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