Injuries of abandoned dogs in emergency rescue program „Noina arka“

Svake godine sve više ljudi nesmotreno kupuje i/ili udomljava pse koje u sve većem broju kasnije napuštaju. Takvi se psi teže snalaze u vanjskim uvjetima, često su lošeg zdravstvenog stanja te podložni stradavanju. U ovom istraživanju analizirani su podaci o psima zbrinjavanim u programu Hitne pomoći ranjenima „Noine Arke“ - hrvatske udruge zaštitnika životinja, Grada Zagreba i Veterinarskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu kroz period od 7 godina. Prema uzroku nastanka povreda psi su podijeljeni u skupine: psi ozljeđeni u prometu, zanemarivani psi, ozljeđeni u interakcijama među životinjama i stradalih od nepoznatog uzroka. U istraživanom periodu u Program ranjenih primljeno je 597 pasa. Od njih je 570 (96%) pasa bilo ozljeđeno, a 27 (4%) pasa bez povreda. Od ukupnog broja preživjelo je 477 (84%), a smrtno stradalo 90 (16%). Od preživjelih pasa za kasnije udomljavanje zdrava/izliječena bila su 383 (67%), a 68 (12%) pasa bilo je s nekim oblikom tjelesnih oštećenja. Zdravih/izliječenih pasa udomljeno je 336 (83%) dok je broj udomljenih pasa s tjelesnim oštećenjem 74 (99%) a neudomljen svega 1 (1%) pas. Uzroci stradavanja, tip ozljeda i težina traumi podudara se sa ranijim istraživanjima koja su istraživala učestalost i karakteristike traumatskih povreda na velikim populacijama pacijenata pasa i mačaka. Neovisno o tome, rezultati pokazuju potrebu za ozbiljnijim shvaćanjem problema napuštenih pasa, ali i empatiju udomitelja prema psima s tjelesnim oštećenjima.Every year more and more people unadvisedly buys or adopting dogs who end up on the street in great number. Those dogs are not manage in the outdoor conditions, they are often in bad general condition so they are more vulnerable. In these research we were analyze the data about the dogs who are signed in Emergency rescue program of Noina arka-Croatian Association of Animal Protection in period of 7 years. According to the cause od injuries we divided dogs in 4 groups. Those who are injured in traffic, dogs who were abused, those who were injured in animal interactions and animals injured from an unknow cause. In period of research in Emergency rescue program of Noina arka 597 dogs were received. Of witch 570 (96%) were survived and 90 (16%) were with deadly outcome. Of the 477 (84%) survived dogs healthy/cured were 383 (67%) and 68 (12%) with dome kind of body handicep. Within the number of dogs with body handicep 74 (99%) were adopted and 1 (1%) did not found new home. The causes of injury, type of injury and severity of trauma coincide with earlier research that investigated the frequency and characteristics of traumatic injuries in large populations of dogs and cats. The results show the need for more serious understanding problem of abandoned dogs, but at the same time empathy of the foster to dogs with body handicep