Samegrelo. According to the Transparency International Georgia, a petition has been officially registered at Zugdidi City Council, advocating for the implementation of the "Municipal Pet Sterilization-Castration Program". The petition has garnered an impressive 710 signatures from concerned citizens. “The idea belongs to Salome Parsvania, a passionate animal lover from Zugdidi, the petition received support from members of our Committee of Concerned Citizens who assisted in its preparation and signature collection. The petition's objective is to establish a pet sterilization-castration program in Zugdidi municipality, commencing from the 2024 budget year. Notably, citizens would have free access to this program for the initial two years”. TI Georgia urges the Zugdidi Municipality Council to diligently consider and endorse this petition within the legally prescribed timeframe. Read more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Tbilisi. IDFFI made a statement about the Direction of Animal Welfare in Georgia. “The recent developments in Georgia have once again attracted public attention to the topic of animal care and welfare in Georgia. Existing problems of high complexity, which require immediate action have once again come to the surface”, - is mentioned in the statement, - “The problem should be acknowledged on the political level, after which relevant steps need to be taken in the direction of raising public awareness and adopting a comprehensive law on animal welfare”. Read more  Source: The web-page of the organization

Tbilisi.  ''Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center'' (EMC) publishes an infographics regarding a number of those injured as a result of industrial accidents during different years.According to the data that EMC requested from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the highest number of those injured as a result of industrial accidents has been detected in 2012, while that of casualties due to the same reason - in 2018. Read more… Source: The website of the organization

Tbilisi. At the initiative of the "Public Front for Animal Preservation", a rally was organized on April 4 advocating for animal protection. Rally participants have protested against new regulations adopted by the Tbilisi City Council, under which the owners are obligated to register domestic animals within 6 months and carry out repeated registration annually. The rally took off from the Rustaveli underground station and ended at the President's residence via the City Council building. For the full text... Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. Transparency International - Georgia has released a statement in the social network. "On September 1 the Zugdidi City Hall has posted on its Facebook page about the stray dogs being caught and transferred to the Samtredia stray dog shelter. The isolation of dogs is carried out by individual entrepreneur Giorgi Maghlaperidze, whose activities were described by "Transparency International – Georgia" in a thorough study released in June. We have found that the shelter arranged by Giorgi Maghlaperidze in village Baileti of the Ozurgeti District is in a grave condition, while the caught dogs are being killed with cruel methods". The organization addresses the municipalities to raise relevant funds and start working on the arrangement of a shelter for the stray animals. For the full text Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. On April 5th an international day of stray animals was held in Vake park.A show was performed and prizes distributed.  Source: liberali.ge

Adjara. On April 4thin Batumi an activity was held called "Do not doom them, help them”. The event was organized by the Georgian society for the protection of animals.

Tbilisi. The "Young Greens of Georgia” has released a statement in the social network. "April 4 is the World Stray Animal Day. For some reason this problem in Georgia is not a high priority and it is not either duly emphasized or adequately reacted to by the state. We, the Young Greens believe that the state must regulate this problem at legislative and institutional levels, because it will be impossible to manage the population of stray animals until the relevant law is adopted in Georgia. Further, it is necessary to raise public awareness and increase sensitivity towards these issues. The citizens must acknowledge the responsibility of taking care of the animals,” says the statement. For the full text Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. The "Young Greens of Georgia" has released a statement in the social network. "The so-called dogfight was organized in the Krtsanisi District, and the next one is planned on January 25. We, the Young Greens are against the animal use for entertainment and ask the organizers of these games to respect the lives of animals. Further, we ask law-enforcers for assistance, so that they prevent such vandal acts," says the statement. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Kvemo Kartli. SIQA has marked the World Animal Day on October 4 with an event, organized with active involvement of the civic clubs of the Rustavi schools, and joined by the Rustavi-based organization for animal protection. The schoolchildren have discussed the animals' rights and duties of humans together with the founders and members of organization for animal protection. Volunteers of the US Peace Corps have also participated in the event. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. "Young Greens" have joined the celebration of the World Animal Day on October 4. "We express our concern over the fact that Georgia is not a party to the international conventions and other acts securing the rights of animals. Only Article 259 of the Criminal Code of Georgia protects the rights of animals in the country, however, the use of this article has not been reported so far," says the organization's web page in the social network. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Samegrelo. Transparency International – Georgia has released the blog-post – "Street dogs are killed with firearms in Zugdidi”. According to the organization, the population has provided to the Zugdidi Office mobile photos showing the employees of the "Zugdidi Cleaning” killing the street dogs. "Transparency International – Georgia recommends the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources to develop a uniform approach towards the solution of this problem. We believe killing the dogs in the street is the most inhumane approach. Further, Transparency International – Georgia urges local municipalities not to use firearms for killing the domestic animals,” says the organization’s web page. For the full text. Source: transparency.ge