Different countries, even developed ones, have free-roaming dog populations resulting in animal welfare and public health problems. Free-roaming dogs face high mortality, malnutrition, starvation, disease, and abuse and are associated with other zoonotic diseases. Additional social problems with free-roaming dogs include road accidents, fighting, noise, bitten children, fecal contamination, spread of rubbish, and uncontrolled breeding. All these problems have negative effect on the tourist attractiveness of the country and the economy as a whole.
Education on the humane treatment of animals can improve this situation by giving tourist destinations and economy as a whole a tool to address hidden sources of potential violence by community members through awareness of the link between these behaviors and crimes against persons, including domestic and child abuse. Awareness leads to positive changes for people and animals, which will have positive effect on tourism and economy as a whole.
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