Tell us a bit about the Ceylon Street Dog Project and how it started. CSDP is a research project borne out of a deep respect for Sri Lanka’s street dogs, and a lifelong interest in canine behaviour, welfare, and cognition. To date, the 3-4 million street dogs living in Sri Lanka remain unstudied from a scientific perspective. Street dogs tread that fine line between being community animals and capable of independent living. Impounding dogs does not get to the root of the problem – the sources of street dogs: unsterilised roaming pets, abandoned/dumped pets, puppies born on the street, and fewer street dog adoptions in favour of purchasing pedigrees.

Source: The Nation November 24, 2020 01:41 UTC