How to make stray animals live in harmony with community residents is a major problem in community governance. In Jiading, many communities are trying to explore the "key" to solving this problem.
On the morning of December 6, the residents of the four neighborhoods of Xingyiyuan in Lianqi Jiacheng were busy setting up "love huts" and fixed-point feeding pots to help stray animals survive the winter safely. Assemble the frame, cover it with a waterproof layer, and fix it with rivets, and a shelter from the wind and rain is built. "Every winter, the stray cats and dogs in the community have nowhere to hide, and I hope these houses will give them a little warmth in the cold weather. Resident Zhang Renju took out the cat food prepared in advance from his pocket and poured it into the brand-new feeding basin one by one.
The reporter noticed that a warm reminder sign was erected next to the "love hut", which read, "Feed at this fixed point, an appropriate amount!."Avoid feeding human food!". Zhang Xiaowen, manager of the planning department of Shanghai Beicheng Property Development (Group), said that some residents had previously poured the leftovers directly on the ground to feed the cats, which not only affected the environment but also was easy to breed mosquitoes.
Every winter, we see stray animals hiding on the hoods of cars or in residents' yards, which causes some trouble to residents, so our property thought of directly providing them with a warm nest, and at the same time turning the feeders into 'governors', and jointly helping the long-term operation of the love feeding points. Zhang Xiaowen said.
In the community, some residents praised the "Love House", while others disagreed. Ms. Zhu, a resident, expressed concern about this: "If no one cleans up regularly, animal feces will accumulate for a long time and produce peculiar smells, and good things will become bad things. ”
In the Yuanxiangfang Xinyuan Community of Jiading New Town, the property management, the neighborhood committee and the industry committee jointly established a "love rescue team". One of the group members is resident Zhu Yaofang, who introduces spayed cats to her neighbours in the community group and advocates for adoption instead of purchase.
In recent years, residents in the community have solved the problems of stray animal sterilization, medical treatment, and settlement through crowdfunding, and rescued more than 50 stray cats. "During this period, we have effectively controlled the breeding population of stray animals through TNR (i.e. capture, sterilization, and release), thereby reducing the impact on the environmental health and security of the community. Yang Jianren, director of the Xinyuan Industry Committee of Yuanxiangfang Community, said.