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2nd International Conference on Dog Population Management
Scientific Committee
Contents
Welcome from the ICAM Coalition 2
About ICAM 3
Welcome from the Veterinary Public Health Association of Turkey 4
Conference information 5
Scientific Committee 6
List of talks 14
Speaker Biographies 16
Abstracts 25
Posters 61
The 2nd International Conference on Dog
Population Management is endorsed by:
Delegation of the
European Union to Turkey
World Veterinary Association
World Organisation for Animal Health
Federation of Veterinarians of Europe
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Scientific Committee
A Warm Welcome from the ICAM Coalition About the International Companion
Animal Management Coalition
It is a pleasure to welcome you warmly to the 2nd International Dog Population The ICAM Coalition’s mission statement is to support the development and use
Management Conference. We are excited for the quality and breadth of of humane and effective companion animal population management worldwide.
presentations on the agenda and look forward to several days of exciting new ideas, The goals of the Coalition are to share ideas and data; to discuss issues relevant
vigorous debate and the forging of new connections and collaborations. We are to population management and welfare; to agree definitions and hence improve
also heartened to see increasing participation from small and large animal welfare understanding and to provide guidance as a collegial and cohesive group.
groups, governments and intergovernmental organisations representing work on
six continents. The First International Conference on Dog Population Management was
held in York, UK in 2012.
As members of the ICAM Coalition, our hopes are that by working together and Website: https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/dogs2012/index.cfm
challenging one another through scientific debate, we can raise the quality and
effectiveness of our combined efforts to improve dog welfare and community ICAM Board members:
wellbeing. We estimate that local, national and international groups spend well over
$20 million each year on projects to address dog management concerns, yet in 2015 International Fund for Animal Welfare
we continue to face rabies outbreaks, calls for mass culling and growing concerns Kate Atema (Chair)
about dog welfare and human safety. Our path to improved dog welfare and human Rebecca Brimley
wellbeing is too often diverted by competition and destructive discourse. Eleanor Milano
We know that collaboration and the One Health approach, which embraces the Humane Society International
inputs and perspectives of a wide range of stakeholders, is the key to our progress. Andrew Rowan
We know that the input of communities, governments and public health officials Kelly O’Meara
is critical in developing the programmes that will ultimately prove successful in Joy Lee
eliminating the health and safety concerns that drive calls for culling and other
inhumane practices. Standing together, with the irrefutable proof that we are making World Animal Protection
a difference, we can bring an end to rabies, an end to inhumane culling, and an end Beryl Mutonono-Watkiss
to the issues that divide us rather than unite us in this important global work. Pankaj KC
Ellie Parravani
Sharing our successes and our learning, and valuing the input of those with whom at
first we disagree, brought the ICAM coalition together in 2007. With this conference, Global Alliance For Rabies Control
we invite you to walk with us; let us become a stronger force together, better able to Deepashree Balaram
meet the needs of human and animal welfare in communities around the world.
ICAM Coalition
Finally, I would like to take a moment to honour a special colleague, Ray Butcher, Dr Elly Hiby
whom we recently lost. Ray was a founding member of ICAM and a long-time friend
to many in the field. He was a patient and generous teacher who had a rare mix of RSPCA International
expertise in veterinary science, a deep passion for animal welfare and the practical Alexandra Hammond-Seaman
realism that comes from many years working internationally. He was wise and funny
and made many friends in organizations around the world – some of whom join us World Small Animal Veterinary Association
here in Istanbul. Tess Kommedal
We shall miss Ray, but will strive to embody his spirit of wisdom, welfare and Suzanne Rogers (Learning About Animals) is the key coordinator
for the conference working on behalf of ICAM.
friendship as we embark on a learning journey here together.
Kate Atema
Chair, on behalf of the International Companion Animal Management Coalition
(ICAM)
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Welcome from the Veterinary Public Health Conference information
Association of Turkey
We are well aware that uncontrolled stray dog problem has adverse effects on Registration and information
environment as well as animal welfare and public health. In order for stray dogs to The registration and information desk is located in the foyer and will be open late
survive in urban areas stray dogs have to overcome difficulties and struggle to find afternoon on the 2nd March and from 8am on the 3rd March. All presentations will
food. Many die due to hunger, accidents and zoonotic disease. be taking place in Ballroom 1.
It is apparent that we, the public contribute to the problem and must take Social programme
responsibility. In order to improve conditions all stake holders and parties including On 3rd March after the main talks programme there will be some 20-20
veterinarians, medics, social scientists and individuals must take responsibility. presentations! These are lively, fast paced presentations where speakers must
present 20 images for just 20 seconds each. Check the programme leaflet for more
In order to overcome the problems dog population needs to be controlled in a details. This will be followed by a welcome reception.
humane and efficient manner.
On 4th March there will be a conference dinner away from the hotel. Tickets can be
Veterinary Public Health Association of Turkey (VHSD) very much hope that the purchased from the registration desk.
forthcoming presentations and discussions during the 2nd International Conference
on Dog Population Management will make a significant contribution. Tweet!
Join the conversation! Follow the ICAM coalition on Twitter @ICAMcoalition.
We would like to welcome you all to Turkey and hope for a successful meeting. We will be tweeting throughout the event with the hashtag #dogpop2015.
Veterinary Public Health Association of Turkey. Important numbers
Emergency phone numbers
Police: 155
Ambulance: 112
Fire: 110
Conference organiser: Suzanne Rogers +44(0)7961 996628
Hotel reception desk: +90 (212) 314 42 42
4 5Scientific Committee Scientific Committee Scientific Committee All submitted abstracts were reviewed by members of a scientific committee. Bernadette Abela-Ridder Sarah Cleaveland Katie Hampson Katinka de Balogh Dr Bernadette Abela-Ridder works in the Department Prof. Sarah Cleaveland works at the University of Katie is interested in the ecology of infectious Dr Katinka de Balogh studied veterinary medicine for the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases of the Glasgow at the Institute for Biodiversity, Animal Health diseases, particularly rabies, with the aim in Berlin and Munich and obtained her doctorate in World Health Organization as the team leader on and Comparative Medicine. After training first as a understanding infection dynamics across spatial tropical parasitology from the Tropical Institute of the neglected zoonotic diseases. Previously, Bernadette zoologist at Southampton University and then as a scales and the impacts of control efforts. She uses a University of Munich in 1984. She further specialized worked in the Department of Food Safety and vet at Cambridge University, she worked for a year combination of detailed field investigations, vaccination in tropical animal production and health (France) and Zoonoses of WHO leading an integrated capacity in general practice before embarking on a research interventions and modelling. Katie’s main areas of in Veterinary Public Health (VPH) (Netherlands). After building network, the Global Foodborne Infections career based in East Africa, studying diseases at research include transmission dynamics, impacts of a short career as a zoo veterinarian in the Rotterdam Network (GFN) and was the WHO focal point the human-animal interface. She obtained her Ph.D. population structure, demography, and geography on Zoo she moved to Africa where she worked for 9 years for GLEWS, a joint WHO, Food and Agriculture from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical spatiotemporal dynamics, vaccination strategy and as a district veterinary officer in rural Zambia and Organization of the U.N. (FAO) and World Organisation Medicine, working on the epidemiology of rabies in surveillance design. She is particularly interested lecturer at the veterinary faculties of Lusaka (Zambia) for Animal Heath (OIE), Global Early Warning the Serengeti, and subsequently joined the Centre for in the dynamics of infections in partially vaccinated and Maputo (Mozambique). In these positions she System for transboundary animal diseases, including Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh populations, the determinants of disease persistence worked extensively in rabies control at national zoonoses. She also managed the study to estimate before moving on to the University of Glasgow in 2008. and challenges to eliminating infectious diseases. and local levels. After positions at the World Health the global burden of leptospirosis in humans. She is Sarah’s research addresses many different aspects Katie’s research informs policies, and practice for the Organization (WHO) and at the Utrecht veterinary closely involved in advancing common areas of work of of human and animal disease investigation, but the control of infectious diseases, through collaborations faculty in the Netherland, she moved in 2002 to Rome the FAO, OIE and WHO with regard to zoonotic, food control and elimination of rabies in domestic dogs with international agencies and national governments (Italy) to take up a position at the Headquarters of safety and other risks emerging at the human-animal- remains a principal focus of her work. She continues in Africa, Asia and the Americas. the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ecosystem interface. Bernadette previously worked to work in East Africa, but her research programme Nations (FAO). Presently she leads the global for the US Food and Drug Administration on emerging also involves links with rabies projects in several other Veterinary Public Health activities of FAO. antimicrobial resistance at the interface of animals, countries of Africa and Asia. She was a founding humans and food; for the Institut de recherche director of the Alliance for Rabies Control, a Scottish- pour le développement (IRD) in Cameroon on the registered charity, which spearheads the World Rabies emergence of simian immunodeficiency viruses from Day campaigns (www.worldrabiesday.org). In 2014 non-human primates including bushmeat; for the FAO she was awarded an OBE for services to veterinary on transboundary animal disease control programmes epidemiology, primarily for her work on rabies. and in clinical veterinary practice. 6 7
Nancy De Briyne Elly Hiby Giovanna Massei Michelle Morters Nancy De Briyne studied veterinary medicine in Ghent Dr Elly Hiby is an independent animal welfare Giovanna is a senior ecologist based in York (UK). Michelle qualified as a vet from Massey University (Belgium), graduating in 1996. After working as a consultant and Scientific Coordinator to the She received her BSc from Florence University (New Zealand) in 1995. She was in clinical practice veterinary practitioner in Belgium and the UK, she International Companion Animal Management (Italy) and her PhD from Aberdeen University (UK). in the United Kingdom and New Zealand for about works since 2000 for the Federation of Veterinarians (ICAM) Coalition. Her most recent work with the Giovanna has over 25 years’ experience in non-lethal 10 years. In 2005 Michelle was employed by the of Europe. At FVE she is specifically responsible ICAM Coalition focused on affordable and meaningful approaches to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts. She International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) as for dossiers in field of animal welfare, veterinary impact assessment of dog population management has worked extensively on wildlife management, Program Manager for the global Companion Animals medicines, education and communication. Presently, interventions. Previously she worked at Dogs Trust animal behaviour, population ecology and on Program. In early 2007, she transitioned to part-time she is Deputy Executive Director of the FVE. Since as International Director, and before that, at the fertility control for wildlife and dogs in the context Veterinary Advisor for IFAW and commenced part- 2010, she also became Policy Officer for the World World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) of population management and disease control. time doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge in Veterinary Association. She has worked extensively for eight years, including leading on the companion Giovanna published more than 120 scientific and veterinary public health and epidemiology, specifically in the field of increasing veterinary education in animal welfare programme and advising on humane popular articles. She is Associate Editor for the journal evaluating rabies control in free-roaming dogs. animal welfare and veterinary medicinal products, rabies control internationally. She has also worked Human-Wildlife Interactions and a Scientific Advisor Michelle completed her PhD in 2014, and has since publishing in 2009 an overview of animal welfare as a technical expert with the World Animal Health for the EAZA Group on Zoo Animal Contraception. continued her research into dog population dynamics teaching in veterinary undergraduate education in Organisation (OIE), the World Health Organisation Giovanna established collaborative research with and rabies control as a Research Associate at the Europe and working on Day 1 Competences in the (WHO), and the Food and Agriculture Organisation government and non-governmental agencies and University of Cambridge. She was a founding member field of animal welfare for veterinarians. She also (FAO) on dog population management. It was through academic partners in the UK and in countries that of the International Companion Animal Management assisted the development of a European Veterinary her work with WSPA that she first came into contact include Montserrat, India, Italy, Hong Kong, Morocco Coalition (ICAM). College on Animal Welfare and Behavioural medicine. with the Alliance for Contraception of Cats and Dogs and Nepal. In 2012 Giovanna led the 1st International Her aspiration is to create the right conditions for (ACC&D) and subsequently joined their board of Conference on Dog Population Management in York, veterinarians to be and continually strive to be, the directors. The ACC&D works as a catalyst for the which attracted circa 170 delegates from 35 countries. leading advocates for good welfare of animals in a successful introduction of methods to non-surgically continually evolving society. sterilise dogs and cats. 8 9
Louis Nel Nilufer Aytug Leopoldo H. Stuardo Escobar Lisa van Dijk Louis Nel is a full Professor at the University of Pretoria Aytug was born in Bursa/TURIYE on the 21st of April Chilean veterinarian from the Universidad de Chile, Lisa van Dijk BSc MSc PgDip is an animal health and where he has led numerous research programmes in 1959. After qualifying from Istanbul University, Master in Environmental Science and Management community development specialist with long-standing focused on improved understanding and control of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, she received her by the Université Catholique de Louvain (LLN), experience in management of food security, livestock lyssaviruses and rabies. His research relies on state PhD degree from the same University. She was a Belgium. Leopoldo has a broad experience and sustainable livelihood projects and programmes of the art methods in molecular biology and specific Clinical Professor at the Uludag University Faculty of working at international level dealing with sanitary in developing countries, incorporating community research topics include diagnostic development, Veterinary Medicine from 1998-2011. At the Uludag trade negotiations and in developing national and participation at all stages of the project cycle. She has vaccinology, immune contraception, viral pathogenesis, University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, she worked international animal welfare standards. Such activities grass root level experience in community engagement host/virus ecology, molecular epidemiology and virus with cats, dogs, exotics, and wildlife including brown were been developed at the Agriculture and Livestock and behaviour change, innovations, development and evolution. Prof Nel is a permanent member of the bears. She authored books, book chapters and Service from the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture, at the implementation of participatory methodology such World Health Organization (WHO) expert advisory chapter translations; authored or co-authored scientific Chilean Mission to the European Union in Brussels as PRA/ PLA, Participatory Action Research and panel on rabies and served as chair for the WHO publications and scientific abstracts. She has a and at the Headquarters of the World Organisation Participatory Action Tools for Animal Welfare. Lisa has Expert Consultation on Rabies (2012) and as member passion for teaching and lectures extensively for Animal Health (OIE) in Paris. Currently, Leopoldo worked extensively on the design and implementation of the international steering committee of the BMGates at local, regional and national meetings. She dreams is working at the International Trade Department, in of staff training programmes and on building local staff Foundation/ World Health Organization (WHO) rabies to live, work and act in a loving, respectful way charge of the animal welfare activities related to the capacity, especially in the fields of project management control programmes. He is also the coordinator for towards the earth and towards all living beings, every OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code. and community development. Lisa is co-authored of the Southern and Eastern African Rabies Group insect, animal, fish, bird, plant, human and tree. Sharing the Load: a guide to improving the welfare of (SEARG) and scientific advisor as well as organiser She continues to work at the Faculty of Veterinary working animals through collective action (Practical and chair for the past five international conferences. Medicine/Near East University. Action Publishing, 2011 ISBN: 9781853397196) In other international and global roles he is an active member of the technical expert panel of the IAEA/ FAO (International Atomic Energy Agency and UN Food and Agriculture Organization), and served on rabies committees of the OIE (World Organization for Animal Health). Prof Nel assisted the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) and the Partners for Rabies Prevention (PRP) in various capacities since 2008. In September 2014, he became the Executive Director of GARC. 10 11
Marco A. N. Vigilato Marijana Vucinic Boris Yakobson Veterinary Public Health Adviser, at Pan American Marijana Vucinic is full Professor of Animal Behaviour, Dr Yakobson got his DVM degree from Faculty of Health Organization/World Health Organization. Of Welfare and Protection at the Faculty of Veterinary Veterinary Medicine, Academy of Agriculture, Riga, Brazilian citizenship, he received his veterinary degree Medicine of University of Belgrade – Serbia since Latvia, Diploma in Clinical Veterinary Medicine, from the University of Marília, Brazil in 1999. He 1999. Previously, she spent three years as mixed form School of Continuing Education, Tel Aviv further obtained his post-degree in “Planning Animal practice veterinarian in a village 100 km far from University Israel and PhD in Infectious Diseases and and Public Health”, and a Masters in “Animal Heath, Belgrade and 10 years as teaching assistant and Microbiology, from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health”, both from assistant Professor of Domestic Animal Health Care, University of Agriculture, Latvia. He started his the State University of São Paulo, Brazil. In 2002 University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture. Marijana professional activity as practitioner in Circus and later he became the “Chief of the Centre for the Control Vucinic is a member of Serbian Veterinary Society and become Certified Specialist in Veterinary Anatomy of Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases”, Health Regional Animal Welfare Centre for Balkans. She has and Pathology. Currently he is Head of the Rabies Department in Birigui, Brazil. In 2004 he worked at published many papers on animal welfare, particularly National Laboratory, Kimron Veterinary Institute, the State Veterinary Office (IAGRO) in Mato Grosso on free roaming dog welfare issues. Marijana Vucinic is Bet Dagan, Israel and Team Leader in EU-funded do Sul, Brazil. He became a professor in the field of active lecturer, researcher and participant in numerous technical assistance project “Control and/or eradication public health field in two Colleges from 2007-2010, international meetings on animal welfare. of animal diseases” in Kosovo. He have more than and Director of the Veterinary Hospital at a private 25 years professional experience and undertaking College. From 2004 to September of 2010, he served research, leading to widely-recognized expertise in as veterinary public health specialist, at the Health rabies diagnosis, epidemiology and control/eradication, Department in São Paulo City, Brazil, and occupied preparation, planning, implementation of nation-wide two management positions: Deputy Manager of Food and regional rabies vaccination plans in wildlife and Safety and Surveillance (2005-2007) and Manager of domestic animals. He initiated, defined and managing the Zoonosis Control Center, CCZ – (Head of WHO/ web-based national dog ownership registry including Collaborating Center in Urban Zoonosis) (2008- rabies vaccination records. 2009). Since September 2010, he works in veterinary public health for PAHO/WHO, to provide technical cooperation to Latin American countries to strengthen their capacities for surveillance, prevention and control of rabies and other neglected zoonotic diseases. 12 13
Scientific Committee
List of talks
Keynote speakers Population dynamics Monitoring DPM programmes Breakout sessions
Professor James Serpell – The importance Van Dang – Dog population management Dunja Kovac – Decreasing the relinquishment of Introduced by Harry Eckman and facilitated by Elly
and diversity of the human-dog relationship in Vietnam owned dogs by implementing behavior modification Hiby – Are we making a difference? This session will
therapy be a deep dive into the new guidance from ICAM on
Dr Linda Rhodes – An overview of non-surgical Daryyn Knobel – Dynamics of an owned, free- how to evaluate whether our work is making
sterilisation roaming dog population: implications for population Daniel Stewart – Tracking dogs in a free living an impact.
management environment with respect to vaccination monitoring
Facilitated by the ICAM Coalition – Help us to help
Education and community engagement Ganga de Silva – Sterilising more than 80% of female Louisa Tasker – Recommendations for using you. The ICAM Humane Dog Population Management
dog population: is it enough to keep the population behavioural indicators to assess animal welfare Guidance has good ingredients but could do with a
Lindsay Hartley-Backhouse – Rabies and the under control? impact of dog population management interventions refresh. Tell ICAM how we can make the guidance
rural Thai community – combating myths work better for you.
through education Stefano Mesouri – Are DPM programmes targeting the Shanis Barnard – Towards a scientific-based
source of FRDs? A 13-years retrospective study assessment of dogs’ welfare in shelters
Christina Siettou – Public perceptions on the
dog overpopulation problem in the UK including Joy Lee – Dog Population Management in Heather Bacon – Development of a robust canine
an investigation into willingness to pay for Jamshedpur, India: a model for improving welfare assessment for dogs in trap-neuter-return
humane management welfare and achieving impact through human behavior programmes
change
Melania Gamboa – Five key messages for the Harry Eckman – A review of published studies on dog
prevention of dog bite material John Boone – Population size estimates for street population management
dogs: the good, the bad and the shortcuts
Elena Garde – Development of integrated and
humane management solutions to diminish negative Syed Israr Shah – Abundance of pet dogs in Government collaboration
effects of free-roaming dogs on a Chilean Patagonian Rawalpindi district of Pakistan
community Rita Garcia – Characterization and reproductive control
Anna Czupryna – Free-roaming domestic dog program of pet population in São Paulo, Brazil
Giovanna Massei – Assessment of free-roaming dog demography in rural villages near Serengeti
health and evaluation of knowledge, attitude and National Park, Tanzania Raffy Deray – Human and animal health collaboration
practice of dog owners to canine rabies in Chitwan in rabies control in the Philippines
District, Nepal Hanna Lentz – Community regulation of the ecology of
four owned, free-roaming dog populations Aung Swi Prue Marma – Mass dog vaccination (MDV)
Kati Loeffler – Community trust and engagement are and One Health implementation for rabies control in
necessary for resilience in a rabies outbreak Dananjaya Karunaratna – Comprehensive holistic Bangladesh
approach to dog population management in
Kate Atema – Dogs are a development issue: The Asia Pacific Brighton Marienga – Implementing rabies control
social impacts of roaming and poorly managed dogs strategy in a devolved government, adoption of
on human communities One Health approach
Rebecca Brimley – A people centered approach to dog Nadegè Leboucq – OIE initiatives to improve stray dog
population management population control, an example from Europe
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Speaker biographies
Linda Rhodes Kate Atema Shanis Barnard John D. Boone
Linda attended veterinary school at University of Kate is Director of the Global Companion Animal Shanis is an ethologist and graduated at the University Dr Boone is a wildlife biologist whose work focuses
Pennsylvania in the late 1970’s and practiced bovine Programme at IFAW, overseeing community-based of Parma (Italy) in Biological Sciences. Her thesis, on on applied conservation issues. He received a B.S.
practice in Utah and Idaho. After several years, dog and cat welfare projects in 12 countries on five the validation of a temperament test for shelter dogs, in Biology and Physics from George Washington
she returned to get a PhD degree at Cornell in continents. Kate began her career at the Social was the first step toward her current main areas of University, and a Ph. D. in Biology from the University
reproductive physiology, and began her career in the Science Research Center in Berlin, Germany, and interest which include human-animal relationship, dog of Colorado at Boulder. After ten years on the faculty
pharmaceutical industry, where she worked for Merck holds a Masters Degree in Animals and Public behaviour, cognition and welfare. Shanis awarded her of University of Nevada Reno, he moved to the
and Merial. She founded AlcheraBio, a business Policy from Tufts University in the US, where she PhD in Behavioural Biology in 2011 where her studies Great Basin Bird Observatory, a Nevada non-profit
to help companies develop new drugs for animals, subsequently served as adjunct faculty and enjoys aimed at investigating temperament and cognition in organization that provides biological monitoring,
where she worked with Peptech to bring Suprelorin, mentoring students in global animal welfare policy different dog breeds. Shanis worked for three years research, and conservation planning services to
the male dog contraceptive implant, to the market in and research. Kate has published numerous articles as a researcher for the Human-Animal Relationship federal and state resource management agencies
Europe. She has been on the Board of the Alliance in scientific and popular literature on topics ranging and Animal Welfare Unit at the Istituto Zooprofilattico across the western U.S. Dr Boone began his
for Contraception in Cats and Dogs for more than 10 from assistance dogs to Animal Law, with recent Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise where involvement in animal welfare in 2000 at the SPCA of
years, and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of emphasis on the impacts of animal welfare on her research focused on the use of animal-based Northern Nevada as a volunteer, board member, and
the Found Animals Foundation. In 2011, she helped communities. Kate and her team at IFAW are focused measures for the development of practical welfare then board chair. More recently, he has served as a
found Aratana Therapeutics, a new animal health on the development of novel methods for empowering assessment protocol for dogs housed in rescue scientific advisor and board member for the Alliance
company developing innovative drugs for dogs and communities to meet long-term human and animal shelters. At present Shanis has been appointed for a for Contraception in Cats & Dogs, and as a consultant
cats, taking the best of human biotech and bringing welfare development goals. Kate is currently Post Doctorate fellowship at Queen’s University Belfast to HSI, GARC, and Maui Humane Society on multiple
it to help pets with cancer, pain, allergy and other Chairperson of the International Companion Animal on canine behaviour and welfare on a BBSRC funded free-roaming dog and cat projects.
important medical conditions. Linda lives in New Management Coalition (ICAM). project. Her favourite teacher is her pet dog Mia.
Hampshire, and has one son, who is attending law
school in Boston.
Valerie Benka Becky Brimley
James Serpell Heather Bacon Valerie Benka is Project Manager for the Alliance Becky has worked in animal welfare and conservation
for Contraception in Cats & Dogs (ACC&D), a US- for over 15 years. In recent years she has helped
James Serpell is the Marie A. Moore Professor of Heather graduated from the University of Liverpool, based non-profit organization working to expedite the shape IFAW’s Companion Animal Program and
Animal Ethics & Welfare at the School of Veterinary UK with a first class Intercalated Honours degree successful introduction of methods to non-surgically currently oversees IFAW’s Humane Community
Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. He received his in Veterinary Conservation Medicine and from sterilize dogs and cats, and to support the distribution Development initiative, using her skills as a team
bachelor’s degree in Zoology from University College the University of Bristol, UK with her BVSc (DVM) and promotion of these products to humanely control workshop facilitator and trainer in strategic planning
London in 1974, and his PhD in Animal Behavior Veterinary degree. She has obtained her postgraduate animal populations worldwide. She is responsible and reporting to ensuring that projects have
from the University of Liverpool (UK) in 1980. He Certificate in Zoological Medicine from the Royal for coordinating a variety of organization initiatives, measureable, positive impacts for animals and
directed the Companion Animal Research Group at the College of Veterinary Surgeons. Heather has worked including a project to develop a method to mark and communities. She provides technical advice on how
University of Cambridge (1985-1993) before moving to with a number of animal welfare NGOs in a range of identify free-roaming dogs who are non-surgically to accomplish those goals and ways to share IFAW’s
his current position at the University of Pennsylvania. different countries, mostly in the fields of dog welfare sterilized and/or vaccinated against rabies. Valerie Companion Animals expertise with others.
His research focuses on the behaviour and welfare of and zoo animal welfare. She is currently working as just celebrated her two-year work “anniversary” with
dogs and cats, the development of human attitudes to Veterinary Welfare Education and Outreach Manager ACC&D. Prior to this, she attended the Animals and www.linkedin.com/in/BeckyBrimley
animals, and the history and impact of human-animal in the Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Public Policy Program at Tufts University’s Cummings
relationships. He has written more than 120 articles Welfare Education (JMICAWE) at the University School of Veterinary Medicine, where she explored
and book chapters on these and related topics, and of Edinburgh, responsible for developing research strategies to expand humane dog population control in
is the author, editor or co-editor of several books projects and animal welfare education programmes on Kathmandu, Nepal. Valerie also has graduate degrees
including The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behaviour dog welfare issues, particularly on the issues of dog in Conservation Biology and Public Policy from the
& Interactions with People (1995) and In the Company shelters, trap-neuter-return and veterinary education in University of Michigan, where she focused on human-
of Animals (1996). dog behaviour. wildlife conflict in rural Kenya.
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Van Dang Ky Ganga de Silva As a Co-founder of Change For Animals Foundation, Animal Protection as Veterinary Programmes Manager
Harry directs their stray animal population management for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean and
Dr Van Dang Ky earned his Doctor of Veterinary Ganga de Silva graduated as a veterinary surgeon projects as well as providing organisational and more recently for all of Latin America. Some of the
Medicine more than 36 years ago. He took a PhD from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 1997 and capacity development support for locally based most important projects that have been under her
degree (Doctor of Philosophy) in Veterinary Science obtained Master of Business Administration (MBA) animal welfare organisations. charge are the decrease and elimination of inhumane
in 2002. After graduation, Dr Van Dang Ky has worked from University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2004. mass culling of dogs and cats and the introduction
for the Department of Animal Health in Viet Nam After working in several organisations in different Harry also works as Companion Animal Programmes of animal welfare into the curriculum of veterinary
since 1978. He is currently a national coordinator of capacities Ganga joined Blue Paw Trust in 2006 to consultant for the International Fund for Animal Welfare medicine universities across the region. She is also
the FAO funded project for the control of rabies. Dr combine her passion for management with love for (IFAW) supporting their companion animal management World Animal Protection´s representative in Costa
Ky spent most of his professional time on zoonotic animals to improve animal welfare. She was the programmes around the world. Rica´s National Technical Committee for the Use of
diseases such as rabies, avian influenza, anthrax and Project Coordinator of “Humane Dog Population Animals in Research. She has been invited to speak
many other major diseases in animals in Viet Nam. and Rabies Management Project, Colombo” (2007 in international conferences related to rabies control
Dr Ky has a large number of publications, including – 2012) and currently as the Director Operations John Friar and animal welfare in dogs and cats such as “Rabies
scientific articles, books and manuals that have coordinates field projects, disseminates knowledge in the Americas, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2010” and
been used to support disease control in Vietnam. gained during Colombo project to local and John has about 30 years of experience in the I.T. the World Rabies Day Forum in Jalisco, Mexico,
As a chief of Epidemiology Division, Department of international organisations, writes project proposals, industry as a software designer and developer. John 2011. Recently she has been in charge of carrying
Animal Health in Viet Nam. He was the first to build prepares budgets, negotiates with collaborators has collaborated on a number of data modelling out the Dog Population Management Campaign for
national programs and regulations to prevent rabies to start new projects, and works as part of the projects in ecology and epidemiology having developed her region. Melania has also offered training courses
in Vietnam. With great contributions to his country field team. Further, she works with the Sri Lankan modelling systems for fire dynamics and elk ecology, and workshops in animal welfare to professors and
and ASEAN, Dr Ky has been recognized nationally government and other organisations to eradicate and in providing data management and analysis to the directors of veterinary medicine schools in various
and internationally for many years. He has been rabies from the country through a one health UK government during the 2001 foot and mouth crisis. universities of the region and in events such as the
invited to present experiences and information about model which ultimately will lead to enhanced Currently, he is working with epidemiologists and animal VI National Conference of Veterinary Medicine and
zoonosis experience in Vietnam in its many important animal welfare in Sri Lanka. welfare agencies supporting the implementation of dog Zootechnics “Dr Aline Schunemann” 2011 from the
conferences in the world. rabies vaccination programs and community participation Mexican Consorcium of Universities. She was in
projects. With experience in both the commercial and charge of Memorandum of Understanding with the
non-commercial worlds, John recognized an opportunity Mexican Association of Veterinary Medicine and
Raffy A. Deray Harry Eckman to apply modern data management tools and techniques Zootechnics Schools to work jointly on animal welfare
to assist the effective rollout of public and animal health issues. She has also worked to raise awareness
Program Manager, National Rabies Prevention and As an animal welfare specialist, Harry has managed interventions. As founder of Wise Monkey Foundation, on the use of alternatives to the use of animals in
Control Program, Department of Health, Philippines companion animal population management and shelter John has built a data management and analysis platform education to the universities of the region. Melania
Dr Raffy A. Deray is a Doctor of Medicine with a management programmes throughout Europe. He has that is being utilized by projects in Indonesia, the was also in charge of coordinating the online courses
Masters Degree on Public Health. He Is the National worked for the Mayhew Animal Home, RSPCA and Philippines, India, Romania, Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto offered to World Animal Protection´s professional
Program Manager of National Rabies Prevention Wood Green Animal Shelters. Rico, and Canada. audience up until 2014. Melania greatly enjoys reading
and Control Program (NRPCP) of the Department and spending time with her family and close friends
of Health in the Philippines. He is also the national His international work has included improving and studying animal cognition and sentience.
project manager/ International Coordinator of one of welfare standards in shelters and veterinary facilities, Melania Gamboa
the WHO –BM Gates Foundation project for human directing humane dog and cat population management
and rabies elimination, a project requiring extensive projects and incorporating dog and cat behavioural Melania Gamboa was born in San José, Costa Rica.
collaboration with the Department of Agriculture- and welfare concepts into stray population She graduated from Kansas State University, USA,
Bureau of Animal Industry. He was one of the crafters management programmes. with a Bachelor in Science degree in 2004 and a
of the Administrative Order signed by president Aquino, Degree in Veterinary Medicine in 2008. In December
creating the Philippine Inter- Agency Committee As Campaign Coordinator for the World Society for the of 2011 she received an MBA degree from the
on Zoonosis (PhilCZ) a committee responsible in Protection of Animals (WSPA), Harry worked extensively Universidad Latina, Costa Rica. Melania has worked
developing a national strategy on prevention, control across Europe and Asia on companion animal in private practice, in a small animal clinic for dogs
and elimination of zoonoses. population management programmes, rabies eradication and cats and also as an independent professional.
projects and animal welfare NGO capacity development. Since mid-2010 she has been working for World
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Elena Garde Lindsay Hartley-Backhouse Pankaj KC Dunja Kovac
Elena Garde was born and raised in Canada, but Lindsay Hartley-Backhouse has been working within Pankaj KC is the Head of Campaigns for World Animal She was born 08.07.1981 in Novi Sad, Serbia.
now lives permanently in Chile. She has a Doctor the animal welfare industry in Thailand for 5 years Protection, leading their efforts to end the inhumane She finished Agricultural University of Novi Sad,
of Veterinary Medicine from the Western College of within a range of NGOs, but specifically with companion culling of dogs around the world. Pankaj has 11 years’ Department of Veterinary Medicine, where she got
Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Canada and a animals in sterilization and vaccination programmes. experience of campaigning, advocacy and lobbying degree - Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM). At FDF
Master’s degree in International Animal Health from She currently works for Lanta Animal Welfare in for international charities, including roles at WaterAid - Farm Development Foundation, she is a Leader of
the University of Edinburgh. Elena began her career Thailand, in addition to teaching. She is also currently and Practical Action. At World Animal Protection, he Animal Welfare Programme - regarding the problem
working with wildlife in Canada, and from there, she studying for her Masters degree (MSc) in International guides regional teams in Asia Pacific, Latin America, of stray dog population in Serbia and animal welfare
began her line of research and passionate interest Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law at the Royal (Dick) Middle East, Africa and Europe, in building robust and standards. At FDF she founded Educational Center
in urban fauna, disease ecology, public health and College of Veterinary Medicine, at the University of stepwise campaigning strategies, aimed at influencing “Pets & Science” where her main field of work is
interactions between humans and animal communities. Edinburgh. In addition to companion animal welfare Governments and communities to take action to behaviour problems of pets. She studied under Dr
In Latin America, she has developed a special interest and management, Lindsay also has a keen interest in protect dogs. Sophia Yin in the field of Applied Animal Behavior. With
in the issues surrounding free-roaming domestic dogs production animal welfare and welfare ethics. the ASPCA she became certified to implement MYM
and their impacts on people, livestock and wildlife. As and SAFER programmes for shelter dogs and cats.
the Program Director and co-founder of the GAAP, her With Messerli Research Institute in Vienna she did her
goals are to develop long term sustainable programs Dananjaya Karunaratna Darryn Knobel work in comparative cognition in dogs and wolves. At
addressing the complex issue of free-roaming dogs. the “Academy of Cynologique” in Belgrade, Serbia, she
Dananjaya (Dana) Karunaratna joined World Animal Darryn Knobel is Associate Professor of Epidemiology is a lecturer in the field of Applied Animal Behavior.
Rita de Cassia Maria Garcia Protection’s Thailand office in April 2010, before and Population Health, and Director of the Center
taking on his current role as End Inhumane Culling for Conservation Medicine and Ecosystem Health at
Parana Federal University Professor of Collective Campaign Manager for Bangladesh. Since then he Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in St Joy Lee
Veterinary Medicine (Public Health, Legal Veterinary has been instrumental in supporting the Government Kitts. He completed his degree in veterinary science
Medicine and Shelter Medicine). Coordinator of of Bangladesh to develop its first National Action at the University of Pretoria in 1999, and his Master Joy Lee is the Senior DPM Program Manager for
Animal Control Officer Courses in Latin America Rabies Plan and to begin implementing a nationwide of Science in Zoology in 2002. In 2009 he obtained a Humane Society International (HSI) - Asia, currently
(FOCA Course: itecbr.org), Director of Brazilian Animal programme of humane canine vaccinations instead PhD from the University of Edinburgh, which received based in India. Lee holds a Bachelor of Science
Welfare Association (AMVEBBEA) and Brazilian Legal of indiscriminate culling in response to rabies. Hailing the Centre for Infectious Diseases Ker Memorial Prize degree in Ecology and Conservation Biology from the
Veterinary Medicine Association (ABMVL), Member of from a coastal town not far from Colombo in Sri Lanka, for outstanding research in infectious diseases. In University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor from the
National Council for Animal Experiments Control and where he still resides with his family, Dana studied 2010 he joined the Department of Veterinary Tropical Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College,
National Forum of Animal Protection. Master in public veterinary medicine and surgery at the University Diseases, University of Pretoria. He received the Portland, Oregon. Prior to joining HSI, Lee worked at
health and PhD in Science for São Paulo University. of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Dana has a Masters in University of Pretoria’s Exceptional Young Researcher the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
Postdoc in Animal Welfare. Specialization in Public Wild Animal Health from the Royal Veterinary College award in 2014, before taking up his current position at U.K. – now World Animal Protection – where she was
Health, Clinic Pathology, Homeopathy and Animal and Zoological Society of London, and has undertaken Ross University in January 2015. His research findings responsible for networking and capacity building of local
Welfare. Member of OIE Animal Welfare Working internships on veterinary medicine and surgery at the have been presented at 20 international conferences animal welfare organisations throughout Europe, in
Group (2006/2007) and member of Expert meeting University of Melbourne, Australia and the University and he is (co-) author of 27 scientific publications particular the southern and Eastern European countries,
on Dog Population Management (FAO, WSPA, of California Davis, USA. Prior to joining World Animal and three book chapters. His research interest is as well as managing the regional grants program.
Istituto G. Caporalle), 2011. Protection, Dana worked as a veterinarian, before the the population ecology and humane population She also had oversight of companion animal projects
2004 Asian Tsunami propelled Dana to join the relief management of owned, free-roaming domestic dogs in in Europe. At HSI, Lee has focused on developing
effort for animals, leading him to work for a number underserved communities, as well as the epidemiology a new initiative to promote compassion and animal
of animal welfare organisations as a field manager and control of infectious diseases in these populations. welfare in local project staff and local communities of
for a veterinary team carrying out neutering and Animal Birth Control (ABC) programs, including a new
vaccinations of dogs. training program on Welfare and Humane Handling and
new protocols for community engagement for human
behaviour change. Under this initiative, in the city of
Jamshedpur, she piloted the first high-volume ABC
program with a unique methodology of hand-catching.
She currently oversees the DPM projects of HSI in India.
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Hanna Lentz Brighton Marienga NTV use. Mass Dog Vaccination (MDV) was first Katherine Polak
piloted at his leadership at Cox’s Bazar and then
Hanna Lentz is the Global Program Officer for Brighton Marienga is currently the sub-county scaled up to all district municipalities in the country. Dr Katherine Polak currently serves as the Director
IFAW’s Companion Animal Program. She focuses veterinary officer in charge of Westlands, Nairobi He was co-author for many guidelines, training of Animal Welfare at Soi Dog Foundation in Phuket,
on management, strategic planning, monitoring County. He holds a master’s degree in Environmental module and SOP notably communicable and neglected Thailand. Soi Dog is the premiere agency working
and learning for their projects and initiatives around studies and Community Development from Kenyatta tropical diseases at CDC, DGHS. Dr Marma also to combat the cruel dog meat trade in Southeast
the world. Current work includes various program University and a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine coordinated a number of training programs, seminars Asia and conducts a national sterilization and
development, facilitation and management efforts for (BVM) from Nairobi University. He is actively involved and workshops at national and international level. vaccination campaign for stray dogs and cats.
community-based projects in Mexico, South Africa, in designing and implementing various animal welfare At present, he is working as Resident Medical Officer Dr Polak’s interests include stray animal management,
Chile, Bosnia and Canada. She is also a Senior Fellow programs, dog population management strategies and Key Official of 100 bedded district hospital. He high-volume, high-quality spay neuter, and feline
of the Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) which and general animal welfare issues within Nairobi has got over 10 publications at international reputed infectious diseases. She is a Diplomate of the American
develops US-based leaders focused on social and County for the last four years. He has worked in journals. His fields of interests are Tropical Infectious College of Veterinary Preventative Medicine and a
environmental justice. Previous experience includes close collaboration with regional animal welfare Diseases, rabies, medical tourism, travel health former resident in Shelter Medicine at the University
the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA, organisations working in Kenya including African and healthy city initiatives. His dream is to eliminate of Florida Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program and
now World Animal Protection), The Washington network for animal welfare (ANAW), Kenya network for rabies from Bangladesh and create a safer and a former intern in Shelter Medicine and Surgery
Humane Society, the Massachusetts Society for the dissemination of agricultural technologies (KENDAT) healthy environment for future generation. at Colorado State University. She has also earned
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) and SASHA and World Animal Protection in implementing dog a Master in Forensic Science and a Master of
Farm Animal Sanctuary. She has an Honours degree population management strategies in the recently Public Health.
in English Language and Literature from the University devolved government systems in Kenya. Stefano Messori
of Michigan, a Master of Science in Animals and Public
Policy from Tufts University, and is currently working Stefano Messori graduated with honours in Veterinary Syed Israr Shah
towards a Global Masters of Business Administration Aung Swi Prue Marma Medicine (DVM) at the University of Parma, Italy, in
from IE University in Spain. 2006. After graduating, he worked as meat inspector Syed Israr Shah is a Ph.D. scholar in the Zoology
Resident Medical Officer, Bandarban Sadar Hospital in pig and cattle slaughterhouses for the Italian Local Department of PMAS, Agriculture University, Rawalpindi
and ex. Focal Point, National Rabies Elimination Health Service. In 2011 he defended a doctoral thesis (Pakistan). Since 2009 he has been studying the
Kati Loeffler Center Dr Aung Swi Prue Marma, Resident Medical titled “Dietary strategies to minimize the detrimental population ecology of dogs for his doctoral thesis in
Officer of Bandarban Sadar Hospital, graduated impact of weaning on gut morphology, physiology different habitats (viz. city, towns, and villages) of District
Dr Kati Loeffler completed a doctorate in veterinary in Medicine from Chittagong Medical College in and microbiota of piglets”. Since 2011 he works Rawalpindi, Pakistan. For his M.Phil. (Zoology) degree,
medicine (DVM) in 1989 and a PhD in 1996, both in 1991 and obtained MPH from the University of New as a researcher on animal welfare at the “Istituto he studied impact of vulture depletion on the ecology of
the United States. Her veterinary expertise includes South Wales, Sydney, Australia in 1997. Dr Marma Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Pothwar (Pakistan) (This project was funded by HEC,
a variety of domestic animals, as well as bears, red was awarded PhD in Tropical Medicine from Tokyo Molise”, OIE Collaborating Centre on Veterinary Pakistan). Presently, he is writing his Ph.D. thesis for
pandas and birds of prey. She worked in China for Women’s Medical University, Japan for Molecular Training, Epidemiology, Food safety and Animal submission and necessary processing to the university.
10 years as researcher with the Smithsonian Institution characterization of Malaria Drug resistance genes. Dr Welfare. His current research topics focuses mainly
and the Chengdu Panda Breeding Base in diseases Marma started his career in a hilly district Bandarban on the use of animal-based measures for the in-field
of giant pandas and red pandas, as veterinarian for where he spent 11 years involving malaria clinical evaluation of animal welfare and on innovation Christina Siettou
the Animals Asia Foundation’s sanctuary for bears practice and research activities. He is a malariologist applied to dog population management. He is tutor
rescued from the bear bile industry, and as veterinary and WHO/TDR trained Clinical Monitor who has joint at several DG-SANCO BTSF training courses for Christina Siettou is a Research Fellow at Defra
and scientific advisor for the International Fund for collaborative research works with joint collaboration official veterinarians on animal welfare and participated investigating the Economics of Biosecurity within animal
Animal Welfare (IFAW) in Beijing. She now works of iccddr’B, Mahidol University (Thailand), Medical as an expert in the TAIEX Multidisciplinary workshop health and welfare. Prior to this appointment she was
internationally with IFAW, based at the organization’s University Vienna (Austria), John Hopkins University about stray animals in Serbia (2013). an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Kent at the
U.S. headquarters. Her work focuses on improving Maryland (USA), Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Economics, Canterbury Campus and at Kent
the welfare of domestic animals and captive wildlife, (Japan). In 2010, he joined CDC, DGHS, Bangladesh, Business School, Medway Campus. She has completed
and in capacity building for local veterinary staff and as Deputy Program Manager and Focal person at a PhD in Agri-Environmental Economics and holds an
animal caretakers. national rabies elimination centre. Dr Marma initiated MSc in Applied Environmental Economics, both from
rabies control activities for the first time in the country the University of Kent, and a BSc in International and
at the government level by introducing TCV European Economic Studies awarded by the Athens
at infectious disease hospital, Dhaka and stopping University of Economics and Business.
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Abstracts:
Keynote Addresses
From Paragon to Pariah: Cross-cultural Perspectives on
Daniel Stewart
Dog-Human Relationships
Daniel has had an extensive career in animal welfare, James A. Serpell
working in South Africa and throughout other parts Center for the Interaction of Animals & Society
of Africa for a period spanning over 20 years. He School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
joined the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Rabies
Elimination Project in 2009 as a primary animal The modern animal protection movement emerged in northern Europe and eastern
health care coordinator to run the welfare, research North America during the Nineteenth Century. Increasingly, however, its sphere of
and training component of the project. Daniel has an interest has expanded to encompass other regions of the world and other cultures
advanced diploma in companion animal behaviour and where attitudes and behaviour towards animals such as dogs are often very
he has spent a great deal of time studying free roaming different. Understanding these cultural and regional differences in attitudes and
dogs, mainly within the rural areas of South Africa. His behaviour towards dogs plays a critical role in humane dog population management
expertise has been utilised by several organisations efforts. This presentation will explore the remarkable cultural diversity of human
globally, with the emphasis being on dog population attitudes of dogs, as well as considering possible approaches to initiating positive
management, rabies elimination programs and animal changes in attitudes.
handling training. When he is not travelling he runs his
own dog training centre and is in the process of writing
his first book on village dogs.
Louisa Tasker
Dr Louisa Tasker, has a strong professional and
academic commitment to understanding and
enhancing animal welfare in real world situations
through the practical application of scientific research
and knowledge. She completed her PhD at the
University of Stirling in 2012. Using multidisciplinary
methodologies and evidence-based approaches Lou
developed a welfare assessment tool for captive long-
tailed macaques, and refined housing and husbandry
practices to enhance their welfare. Prior to her PhD
studies, Lou was a programme manager and external
consultant for the companion animals department at
World Society for Protection of Animals, contributing to
humane dog population management programmes of
work. Lou has contributed to resources and guidance
documents for the International Companion Animal
Management (ICAM) Coalition, including the most
recent guidance entitled ‘Are we making a difference?
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