Pledge Water for Birds and Animals this Summer !
We placed couple of clay bowls around 3-4 inches deep in and around our stray animals feeding stations in al nuaimiya 1 - 3 Ajman, UAE. Clay bowls are better than plastic or metal bowls because the water stays very cool even when temperature is touching 45- 50 degrees Celsius. When water puddles dry up during the summer – birds are known to collapse from dehydration . Also clay pots are unlikely to be stolen if used in public places for stray animals.Do place bowls of water wherever possible. Even if you don’t like birds, this is the cheapest and most convenient way to do your bit for the environment.
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There has to be a humane solution to the problem of dumped pets on UAE streets,
This year, as in many years before, hundreds of pets will be dumped in the streets of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and the other emirates. They are left in the streets to live as “trash” by people who leave the country, can’t organise pet sitters, or whose circumstances have simply changed.
Pet dumping is an all-year phenomenon, but we see the misery of cats and dogs disposed of in our streets more in summer. It's this time of year when traffic accidents involving stray animals increase and a greater number of cats and dogs die from deprivation, disease or dehydration.
Many of us see stray cats and dogs in our daily life, although we may not look at them consciously. Most of us have them in our neighbourhoods or near our workplaces, where they usually come by night to search bins for food.
These creatures live a tough life because they have no shelter or regular food and water, and are exposed to the heat. Many of them are former pets or their offspring. Their former owners at some point in their lives wanted a cat or dog, perhaps as a birthday gift for a child. The pets were were later dumped, too often without being neutered, leaving them to fight for their own survival.