Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre (KAT Centre)

Posted: Monday the 18th July, 2011. 12h22

Contact person: Dr. Gregg Tully
Practice name: Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre (KAT Centre)
Tel: +977 1 4373169
Address: Chapali Gaon, Budanilkantha, GPO Box 8975, EPC 4120, Kathmandu, Nepal, 8975
Country: Nepal
Practice type: Small animal
Website: http://www.katcentre.org.np

More than 20,000 dogs live on the streets of the city of Kathmandu, Nepal. Many suffer from starvation, infected open sores, mange, and rabies. The KAT Centre’s goals are to humanely create a healthy, stable dog population in Kathmandu and to eliminate rabies, which kills hundreds of people in Nepal every year. We are accomplishing this through a widespread street dog sterilisation programme, medical treatment for sick and injured dogs, vaccinations, and humane education.

In the seven years since the KAT Centre was founded, we have sterilised over 40% of the female street dogs in Kathmandu, the canine population has decreased from approximately 31,000 to 22,500, and surveys show that people are more compassionate towards street dogs. The organisation’s impact goes far beyond the animals it treats.