CCB has been using and promoting the use of livestock guarding dogs for over a decade now and this technique has been bearing fruits for farmers across the country. Our outreach team offers technical and practical support to farmers on measures that can minimize conflict, such as training and placement of livestock guarding dogs and other livestock management techniques to increase awareness of ecosystem and improve livestock health. A partnership between CCB and Botswana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA) has seen CCB receiving a litter of seven puppies from the BSPCA on the 3rd of July 2017. The puppies are currently undergoing training with CCB small stock herd at our demonstration farm in Ghanzi and will be placed with select farmers to work as livestock guarding dogs in their farms. CCB’s Community Outreach Officer, Mr. King Modise is pleased to share that after just a week at camp all the puppies are doing well. The puppies are currently seven weeks old have just received their first five-in-one and de-wormer vaccine shots to eliminate intestinal parasites such as roundworm and hookworm.The costs of vaccinations and medical treatments are covered by CCB and are not incurred by the farmer. Thank you to the BSPCA for allowing us the opportunity to give these dogs a second change at a fruitful life of contributing to saving cheetahs and other wildlife from retaliatory killings.
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