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| Lisa Milton presents 2011 Summit |
Dr. Judith Samson-French appears on the cover of the recent issue of CitizenPet, the Journal of Animal Companionship. She also recently won the recognition of her
peers in North America as the recipient of the 2011 Summit for Product or
Service Innovation.
What has garnered all of this attention? Quite simply, a pilot project that may help
communities across North America to control unwanted feral dog populations. Dr. Samson-French reviewed scientific
literature that described the use of Deslorelin, a contraceptive implant. Her program is using this implant as a quick, non-surgical, cost effective way to suppress
reproduction in feral or semi-feral female dogs. Her program is the first in the world to control
the feral dog population using this intervention with female dogs. If this program works for the First Nation Reserve
Animals in her program, it will work everywhere in the world and it may help
solve the really big problems in other countries where access to veterinary
hospitals for spay and neuter programs is not common.
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