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Table 3 Population control of dogs and cats

From: Demography and determinants of dog and cat ownership in three towns of West Shoa zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Item

Category

No. of HH

Percent

Means of dog and cat population control

Not allow to mate

176

41.6

Not known

128

30.3

Give to someone/throw away

34

8.0

Not to rear female

31

7.3

Sterilize/ give drug

24

5.7

No need to control

18

4.3

Local medicine to sterilize

12

2.8

Action on new-born pet

Give to somebody

345

77.9

Throw away or kill

72

16.2

Not known/no female

15

3.4

Keep it/sale

11

2.5

What do you suggest to control stray dogs and cats?

Educate society

281

46.1

Kill stray dogs and cats

262

42.9

Collect and manage them

34

5.6

Not known

25

4.1

Castrate not to mate

8

1.3