RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP

    Due to the pandemic, all of the team's community health programs experienced issues during their transition to remote implementation. The same is true for the responsible pet ownership program. The program was one of those that the group unanimously decided should be terminated due to difficulties caused by its remote implementation and the significant change in priorities and response that the Pandemic imposed on the entire Municipality of Sindangan.

    Some effects were seen in the barangay even after the program was ended and no further interventions were started. When other community projects required sector by sector evaluation in the previous two community rotations, pets were seen on leashes, and some pet owners were seen using the pet cards distributed in 2021 and during the barangay's 2021 pet vaccination. Additionally, all of the pre-test participants (2020) passed the post-test when the post-test evaluation was conducted. No cases of rabies or dog/cat bites have been reported. All of these effects were seen even throughout the last two community rotation of the group even there were no additional intervention since the project's end in 2021.

    Soft copies of the pet cards and the barangay Pet registry were given to the barangay council and the barangay health center. According to the Department of Agriculture Municipality of Sindangan, they have a sufficient budget for anti-rabies vaccine but are having difficulty obtaining them due to a lack of supply, so the barangay still did not have a community-wide pet vaccination for this year. Pet cards and registries, on the other hand, can be used to track anti-rabies pet vaccinations in the barangay.

    These were the group's actions prior to termination, the team's actions hoped to have an impact on moving the community towards the project's long-term goal in the future.

    These were some of pet owners of the barangay and were using the pet cards for their pets seen on the groups last 2 community rotation on the barangay. 

  

  

 

 

ROLDAN F. LEGAL JR.

LEVEL IV, ADZU - SOM