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Compassionate Paws International (cpi) Annual Report March 2022 Ipas5ionafe'

Mission

Our mission is to prevent and alleviate the suffering of street animals in resource limited settings.

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We have three main areas of work:

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Our Location

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CPI was formally registered as a charity in the UK in October 2020, and in Sierra Leone in October 2021.

In addition to our operations in Sierra Leone, we began, in 2020 and 2021, by also issuing grants to two small, trusted organisations: PATH in Hulu Langat, Malaysia, and MARS in Chennai, India.

While these organisations do incredibly impactful work, due to the extreme lack of veterinary resources in Sierra Leone, it was decided to begin 2022 with a focus solely on Sierra Leone.

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CPI Long Term Changes
Required
Programmes
Higher proportion of Vision
sterilised dogs in
Freetown
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Dog Less or no free
Population roaming dogs
At least 70% of dogs
Management
vaccinated against rabies •
Eradication of
rabies
Better knowledge of •
All dogs have
Veterinary animal care & rabies
access to high
Care prevention among people
standard
veterinary care
Qualified, competent and
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Improved
well-equipped veterinary
services in Sierra Leone education on pet
Education ownership
Closer collaboration of all
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Current Activities (March 2022)

  1. Intensive CNVR projects (Catch, Neuter, Vaccinate, Release) using international vet teams

  2. Rabies vaccination 3. Data collection – mapping, recording & analysis of dog demographics

  3. Mobile clinics 2. Small-scale fostering & adoptions

  4. Salone Animal Talk Facebook page

  5. Training of one Community Animal Health Worker (CAHW) Compassionate Paws Internation CPI Theory of Change al

st Impacts - Up to March 31 2022 Total 2020 + 2021 + 2022 Programme Sterilisations 2020 2021 2022 Total Malaysia Sterilisations India Sterilisations 150 152 82 94 Sierra Leone Sterilisations 41 66 45 152 Adoptions (SL) Feeding (SL) Medical (SL) Total All-time Impact 24 22 46 246 254 165 321 79 565 485 649 129 1263 cpi Compassionate Paws InternationaL

What is a free-roaming dog?

We use the term ‘free-roaming’ to describe dogs that spend most of their time in public areas such as in the street.

These dogs can be considered to be either owned and unowned.

We have found that, most often, they do have someone who provides some kind of guardianship or ownership to a greater or lesser degree.

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Dog Population Management April 2021 to March 2022

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The Mass Sterilisation & Vaccination Of Roaming Dogs Can:

Reference:: Smith, L.M.; Hartmann, S.; Munteanu, A.M.; Dalla Villa, P.; Quinnell, R.J.; Collins, L.M. The Effectiveness of Dog Population Management: A Systematic Review. Animals 2019, 9 , 1020. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9121020

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Grants awarded by CPI -

2021

Grant provided to PATH, Malaysia: ● Funded spay of 152 female dogs

Grant provided to MARS, India: ● Funded sterilisation of 100 male & female dogs

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The Reasons For Dog Population Management in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Most free-roaming dogs in Freetown suffer from poor health and have low life expectancy.

Unwanted puppies and some adult dogs seen to pose a nuisance are often abused or killed.

Historically, these dogs have had little or no access to veterinary care.

They can be vectors for zoonotic diseases such as rabies, which is endemic in Sierra Leone.

Some people in the community fear dogs for posing a health risk, or see them as a nuisance for creating noise or leaving mess.

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Freetown: CNVR 2021 to 2022

  1. Spay of 60 female dogs (Wilberforce Village area, led by Freetown City Council)

  2. Spay of 40 female dogs by our first international vet team, Far Vets (Wilberforce & Babadorie areas)

  3. Other spays and castrations: 6

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CNVR Project Process

a. Mapping of intervention area

b. Baseline data collection – dog counting and household survey

c. One-day free d. Then, intensive mobile clinic – catch / collect, further engages spay and return community members & builds trust

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A focus on sterilising female dogs

Out of the small amount of research available on Dog Population Management, studies indicate that interventions that focus solely on females are as effective at reducing or maintaining the population as those that focus on both sexes (Taylor et al,, 2017).

It is the owners of female dogs that have to deal with unwanted litters, therefore female-only campaigns are likely to have the greatest impact on unwanted litters (ICAM, 2017).

Our research in Wilberforce found a ratio of male : female of 1.7 : 1 - there are far more males than females, making it also cost–effective to target the female population only.

ICAM. Humane Dog Population Management Guidance 2017

Taylor Louise H., Wallace Ryan M., Balaram Deepashree, Lindenmayer Joann M., Eckery Douglas C., Mutonono-Watkiss Beryl, Parravani Ellie, Nel Louis H. The Role of Dog Population Management in Rabies Elimination—A Review of Current Approaches and Future Opportunities. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 2017 Volume 4: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2017.00109

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March 2022 Intensive 4-Day Catch, Neuter, Vaccinate, Release (CNVR) with international team, Far Vets

Method

The details of owners were collected during engagement activities prior to the project and where possible, owners were called in advance to be notified of the collection. Despite having owners, many dogs will not allow their owners to touch them or place them in a cage, therefore two teams of dog catchers were engaged. Catchers had been trained by Dr. Bangura prior to this project. Each team had a vehicle, team leader and two catchers with protective gear and a net.

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Sterilisation consent forms were signed by owners.

Dogs were then brought back to the project site.

Each dog was sterilised using the most up-to-date and sterile procedures.

Every dog was vaccinated against rabies and received wound care where needed.

All dogs were intubated and had an IV cannula. .

Dogs were kept overnight for observation unless they were identified as having a competent & caring owner who would be able to care for them and keep them safe on the day of surgery.

CPI followed up with owners by phone to check dogs were recovering. Unowned dogs were checked in situ.

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The Far Vets team provided their services for free. Veterinary medications were funded by the Brigitte Bardot Foundation.

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Dogs were taken back to owners or dropped in the location they were collected.

The WVS app was used to collect details of each dog, its owner and GPS location.

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Research on Blood-Borne Parasites

In March, sixty 4DX tests were kindly donated by IDEXX Laboratories.

A microscope was also donated by the University of Bristol in conjunction with ESCAPP (European Scientific Council for Companion Animal Parasites) During the March 2022 CNVR project, CPI’s veterinary director, Dr. Rebecca Dobinson, conducted a study of blood-borne parasites in 53 dogs. In collaboration with parasitologist, Dr. Ian Wright, the results and an analysis will be published in the Veterinary Record on 22nd July 2022.

A 4DX test showing a positive result for 3 blood-borne parasites – many dogs showed co-infections.

Parasite Positive 4DX (n=53) Positive blood smear (n=24) Positive blood smear (n=24) Positive blood smear (n=24) Positive blood smear (n=24)
Diroflaria immitis 4 4
(heartworm)
Erlichia 21 7
Anaplasma 10 2
Babesia - 2 A heartworm found in the blood sample of o
of the dogs, as viewed under the microscop
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A heartworm found in the blood sample of one of the dogs, as viewed under the microscope.

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Analysis of Health Data Collected during March 2021 CNVR (n=39)

Skin Condition

Mild skin disease: 64% Healthy skin: 36%

Body Condition Score

Underweight: 26% Healthy weight: 69% Overweight: 5%

Reference: Are We Making A Difference? A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Dog Population Management Interventions. (2015).

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Analysis of Health Data Collected (n=39)

Obvious Presence of Illness or Injury

Apparently healthy upon examination & surgery: 69% (not taking into account blood-borne illnesses tested for later) Illness / Injury: 31%

Health problems included ear lesions, tick infestation, broken leg & pyometra.

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On-Going Project: Rabies Vaccination Pro ramme - FLI Grant g

The Freetown City Council (FCC) has been awarded a grant of 50K USD from FLI (German Federal Research Institute for Animal Health) to conduct a rabies vaccination project in a selected part of Freetown. In December 2021, CPI was asked to oversee/advise on: 

  - Mapping of project area

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' Veterinary Care pril 2021 to March 2022 cpi ' %*-. Compas$lonat• Paws Int•

Veterinary Interventions Medical Interventions All-time Total General 223 Susans Bay Wilberforce Phase 1 88 101 Babadorie Lumley Dr. Rebecca Dobinson (2022) FARVets (2022) Total 74 39 40 565 cpi Compassionate Paws InternationaL 23

Susan’s Bay fire

On March 24, 2021, a devastating fire raged through Susan’s Bay -one of the largest slums in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Thousands of people were left homeless.

CPI and Freetown City Council carried out an assessment which discovered many dogs and other animals in need of help.

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April 2021: Susan’s Bay

With an emergency grant issued by SPCAi, CPI provided emergency treatment to animals impacted by this disaster.

During the first week of April, CPI treated a total of 88 animals which included dogs, cats, and goats, using local vet, Dr. Bangura and his team,

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Wilberforce Village Veterinary Outreach May-Aug 2021

During any type of community outreach we often come across animals in need of treatment.

Treatment was provided for animals with skin infections, flea and tick infestations, tumbu maggots, wounds, tumors and a TVT case.

Achievements:

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Butter Bean

Butter Bean was found by CPI’s Programme Director, Sea Ramanat, in the hot sun, on a pile of rubbish, where he had been placed inside a rice bag. The bag had been tied with a knot and he had been left to suffocate.

It was an absolute miracle that he was still alive and that Sea had found him just in time. He was severely dehydrated and in a bad way.

Sea took him home and he was treated by Dr. Bangura. He slowly learnt to trust Sea and became confident and playful.

Thankfully, we were able to adopt him out to a lovely home where he lives together with 3 other dogs.

Click Here to Watch Video of Butter Bean’s Rescue

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Snoopy

Snoopy was found by our dog catching team with an enlarged, painful eye.

Dr Rebecca Dobinson diagnosed this as end-stage glaucoma. After discussion with the owner it was decided that removal of the eye was the best treatment.

Snoopy has recovered well from his surgery and is now pain-free.

Before surgery

After surgery

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Will

Will, an elderly dog, was found collapsed by the side of the road by our dog catching team in March 2022.

He was fostered by Sea Ramanat where he received lots of love and care for over one month. Although he got stronger at first, he never regained his appetite and began to become more sick. Despite all our efforts, sadly Will passed away and is much missed.

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Billy

Billy had a large mass removed from his leg. It had been growing for two years. Had it not been removed the mass would have bled and become infected.

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Henry

Henry was hit by a vehicle and sustained a broken jaw and wounds to his face. His wounds were stitched and a wire was placed to fix his jaw so it healed in the correct position. Six weeks later, the wire was removed and Henry’s jaw had healed

CPI Re-homing Sierra Leone

With our work in Sierra Leone we are bound to come across rescue/medical intervention cases that results in having to rehome the animal, once recovered.

Given limited resources, our rehoming options are either to release back to its community or rehome locally to a vetted owner.

Total adoptions to date as of March 31st 2022: 49

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CPI Re-homing Process Sierra Leone

Our rehoming process usually starts with a dog in need of medical treatment.

Step 1

The minimum basic medical treatment provided prior to any rehoming includes:

Step 2

Building adopters list by:

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CPI Re-homing Process Sierra Leone

Step 3

Step 4

Contract and Hand-over

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CPI Re-homing Process Sierra Leone

Follow-ups

Below follow-ups are mandatory, depending on capacity, extra follow-ups (in person or by phone) may be required.

Follow-up 1

Next-day phone call

Follow-up 2

After one week photo requests

Follow-up 3

Vaccination and/or sterilisation follow-up

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' Edueation=-:.: April 2021 to March 2022

March 2022: training of Community Animal Health Worker (CAHW), Andrew Bockarie.

Follow up check shows improved skills have been maintained and are being put into practice.

Our Salone Animal Talk Facebook page aims to engage animal owners and lovers in Sierra Leone.

Educational content on various animal health topics are posted in both Krio and English, by UK-based veterinary nurse, Faye Clyne.

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Other News

Appointment of Alie Turay as Programme Co-Ordinator In January 2022, Alie Turay became CPI’s first and only paid employee.

Formerly a teacher, Alie had been volunteering with CPI in his free time and was recognised for his enthusiasm, hard work and attention to detail. Alie says:

“If you ask me how I feel about the job I do at CPI, this is what I have to say, in all the best moments in my adult working life there hasn't been a job for me that is as satisfying as my present work at CPI - helping in my little way to alleviate the suffering of neglected animals, especially dogs.”

“Finding them a loving, caring home gives me joy and hope for the future of all animals in my country, Sierra Leone, and the planet.”

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ststement of Financial Activitses (including Income arKI Experbditure Account) for the period ended 31 March 2022 FinanciaLs Unre5trirted Restrirted Funds Funds Total Funds 2022 2022 2022 Notes Incorning re50ur(es Incoming resources from generated funds: Voluntary income.. Donations Grants Total incoming resources 23,975 1,113 25,088 718 2.292 3.010 24.692 3,405 28,098 Resources expended Costs incurred for the period Expenditure on charitable activtties Salary costs Totsl resource5 expended 18,056 5,293 23,349 18.236 5.293 23.S29 Net income for the year Other recognised gains Foreign exchan8e movement Net movement in fund5 Reconclllatlon of funds Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward 23 6.874 23 4.592 2.283 6.874 2.283 4,592 cpi Compassionate Paws InternationaL The statement of financial activitie5 includes all gains and losses in the wiod. All incoming resource5 and resources expended derive from continuing artivitie 38

FinanciaLs Compassionate Paws International Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2022 2022 Notes Current Assets Cash at bank and in hand 4,592 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Net Current Assets 4.592 Net Assets 4.592 Unrestricted f unds Restricted f unds 6,874 2.283 Total funds 4.592 cpi Compassionate Paws InternationaL 39

Our Beneficiaries We work closely with community members to understand their relationships with dogs. Compassionate Paws International

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Florence & Gucci

Spay Beneficiary

“I came to know about CPI when they came to our area looking for female dogs to sterilise, so I told them I have a female dog. They took my dog and did the surgery on it and brought her back the next day; they did well for us. I feel good about CPI’s work. You know, normally many people don't see value in dogs: they throw them away. But since CPI’s intervention, all the dogs in the area are looking nice, so we are happy about that and we thank them very much.”

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Hassanatu, Rosie & Topsie

Adopter & Spay Beneficiaries

“You [CPI] gave me Rosie when she was about three months old, The thought that Rosie was in the state that she was previously, and you nurtured and cared for her: you gave life to Rosie.

I was so worried about Rosie’s spay surgery but you gave me the assurance and confidence that everything will go well and it was perfectly done,

I am happy and grateful for your help. I know there are lots of dogs out there that need a lot of love and care and you guys are seeking and helping them out! I am so happy I have Rosie and Topsie, You gave me Topsie too (I named him Topsie) and they are doing very well.

I appreciate them being with me because they are very friendly and I know with time, you will do much more in the future to help more and more animals.”

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www.compassionatepaws.org

facebook.com/compassionatepawsinternational

Registered Address: 63 Regent Road, Leicester, LE1 6YF

UK Charity Commission Registration #: 1191988 Type of Charity: CIO

Board of Trustees:

Rebecca Dobinson MRCVS Sea Ramanat Sarah Morris Karen Malia Raj Rajput Compassionate Paws International Andrew Lofthouse

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