UPAVET: Anteprojeto de uma unidade de pronto atendimento veterinário para cães e gatos na cidade de João Pessoa/PB

Abstract

Pets are, every day, more and more present in the hearts and homes of Brazilian families, specially in the Northeast region of the country, however, the offer of public veterinary healthcare fails to keep up with this ever-growing population. In most places, this is not even a concern. Currently in Brazil, very few cities offer free healthcare to these little individuals — none of them full-time. With the increasingly number of pets, it is safe to say that abandonment also happens more frequently. This practice, often caused by the tutors’ lack of financial resources, and, therefore, the impossibility to afford the services of private veterinary clinics, causes a several amount of problems such as animal abuse, overpopulation of animals and proliferation of zoonotic diseases. This work presents the proposal for a full-time veterinary emergency care unit located in the city of João Pessoa, seeking to contribute to the expansion of access to animal healthcare by the city’s population.