Acknowledgements ......... 5
Section 1 - The Problem of Stray Animals ..... 7
1.1 Introduction and aims ........ 7
1.2 Examples of differing approaches . . .... 9
1.3 Objectives of stray management . . . . . . 10
1.4 Responses to a stray problem . . . . . . . 12
a. Ignoring the problem . . . . . . . . 12
b. Killing the excess animals . . . . . . . 19
c. Influencing the “holding capacity”. . . . . . 20
d. Registration and identification . . . . . . 22
e. Spay/neuter and return programs . . . . . 22
f. Information and education . . . . . . . 26
Section 2 - Examples of Stray Animal Management Projects . 27
2.1 Lega Pro Animale Projects . . . . . . . 27
a. The Italsider Steel Company . . . . . . 28
b. The Navy Dockyards, Taranto . . . . . . 31
c. Marano di Napoli . . . . . . . . . 35
d. Castel Volturno . . . . . . . . . 38
e. Lega Pro Animale shelter statistics, 1984-2001 . . 39
2.2 Study of stray dogs in an Italian village . . . . . 43
Section 3 - Practical and Effective Stray Animal Management 45
3.1 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.2 Further details . . . . . . . . . . 46
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