On January 28th WSPA Adressed Tbilisi Mayor Mr Gigi Ugulava with regards of recently announced "Anti Stray Operation in Tbilisi".

On 1 May 2007 Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava announced that the first veterinarian clinic to deal with the identification/medical check and sterilization of stray dogs is now operational.

Altogether, for now it was practically confirmed that VET clinic bans insight into their “kitchen”, fearing inevitable leak on information on cruelty, negligence, or alleged embezzlement of government funds. All that is exacerbated by the lack of any noticeable VET skills, and absence of expertise in animal / stray dog population control problems.

At this point, ARC received information from Orkhevi local residents, and GSPCA, that on the territory of the branch of VET Clinic # 1 mass, barbarian killing have apprehended dogs was going on. Residents referred to screams coming from Clinic # 1 compound, as well as permanent traces of blood and corpses of killed animals in the area.

On January 19th of 2009, one and a half year after the notorious announcement by the Mayor on launching VET clinic #1, Georgian newspaper Asaval-Dasavali published the article which is calling Tbilisi's population for cooperation in eradication of stray animals in Tbilisi.

There are very pretty puppies we would like to offer for adoption: 3 girls and 1 boy. They need loving families which will adopt them.
One is chocholate color with blue-green eyes, 2 are yellow with brown eyes and very good temper and 1 boy is cute and different creature, careful and smart and shy.
Maybe you know someone who would want these cuties?

With the support of the Alice Morgan Wright/Edith Goode Trust, the Animal Rights Committee will start a small project to protect community animals from destruction and enforce the ordinance of Tbilisi City Hall of November 2001.

At the invitation and with the support of the Humane Society of the United States, ARC Chairman Lexo Khubulava took part in the 2005 Animal Care Expo in Atlanta, USA, from April 4 to April 9, 2005.

From March 29 to April 4, 2005, ARC Chairman Lexo Khubulava took an internship with the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, based in New Orleans, USA.

Recently, the Georgian media reported that Saga Fur company presented Georgian fashion designers Avtandil Tskvitinidze and Maka Assathiany with certain amount of fur to design models for the upcoming fashion show.

Janae Andrew is an animal rescue volunteer with Paw Placement, an organization based in Phoenix, Arizona . In August 2003 she read Belinda Cooper's article about the plight of stray animals in Tbilisi and decided to offer her help to Animal Rights Committee, whose work was credited in the article.

Speculations about the intention of the City Hall of Tbilisi to transfer the function of animal control to a commercial company have been circulating for a while. In October 2003 ARC filed a formal request for public information with the City Hall, seeking clarifications on this issue.

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