So…what’s the solution to the stray animal problem?
1. Country-wide neutering programs, sponsored and paid for by the municipalities. 2. Homing programs, supported by municipalities and the media. 3. Education in the public schools, to teach children the value of respect for the animals we share this earth with. Children should understand why we have so many strays; they should learn how to approach them properly and how to help them. (GAWF has been running a good educational program in private frontistirios for some years.) 4. General public relations/education program to nurture in people their innate love and need of animals, thereby making them more likely to help a stray than be cruel to it. 5. Protected neighborhoods; where people feed regularly, vaccinate, neuter (thereby keeping the numbers stable) and provide necessary medical care; such neighborhoods exist and are a haven for strays but we need more of them. 6. Legislation that protects animals from the cruel acts of people; and the enforcement of such legislation. 7. Control
