The Caucasus podcast

Języki Kaukazu

The Caucasus Talks - podcast about Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and North Caucasus. We'll talk here about culture, history, languages, tourism and more related to the Caucasus. Published by the Languages of the Caucasus (www.jezykikaukazu.pl/en/home) Our website: www.jezykikaukazu.pl Instagram: www.instagram.com/jezykikaukazu FB fanpage: www.facebook.com/languagesofthecaucasus Newletter The Caucasian Mail: https://jezykikaukazu.pl/en/the-caucasian-mail/

  1. 04/14/2025

    24: Stray dogs and cats in Georgia

    Stray dogs is not a view in Georgian cities you may omit. Why there are so many? How the local organizations and Georgians deal with their situation? How you can help them when in Georgia? These and many more questions we asked Natia, our today’s guest who works in one of the biggest organizations – The Animal Project – in Georgia. The episode on our website: https://jezykikaukazu.pl/en/stray-dogs-and-cats-in-georgia/ Study Georgian with us: https://jezykikaukazu.pl/en/learn-georgian-language/ Useful links Zero Strays Georgia: https://www.zerostraysgeorgia.org  Animal Project: https://www.facebook.com/animalprojectgeorgia Dog Organization Georgia: https://dog.org.ge/ Animals Friends: https://www.facebook.com/TskhoveltaMegobrebi Pet Rescue Georgia: https://www.facebook.com/people/Pet-Rescue-Georgia/61566471334047/ Tatebi: https://www.facebook.com/tatebisimedi  Show notes: 00:00 – What is the episode about and what we talk about today?  1:55 – Let’s meet our todays guest Natia Chikovani from Animal Project 2:30 – Having animals at home or in the yard – is this popular and how it’s changing? 5:00 – The shift of approach to animals as companion – from farm animal to pets. 6:30 – Situation of stray dogs and other animals - the statistics and governmental approach 11:30 – Why there are so many stray animals on the streets in Georgia? 15:30 – The reasons why there are many pure breed dogs on the streets of Georgian cities 17:15 – Why people buy pure breed dogs and then abandon them on the street and how the dogs “become trendy” 24:00 – Social campaigns showing and educating the stray animals are not “worse” than pure breed 25:50 – How the situation of stray animals is evolving – cities and rural areas comparison 28:50 – Animal shelters situation in Georgia and governmental approach to animals situation 33:40 – What do the ear tags mean when you see it on the animals and are there any differences? 36:50 – How to react when you see the stray dog in the city or in the mountains? 40:40 – Which food is the best and which is forbidden to give to stray animal? 43:15 – Adoption of strays among Georgians  48:30 – How can you support the animal organizations in Georgia?   53:20 – Situation of foreigners living in Georgia temporarily, adoption and taking the animals with you abroad.

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The Caucasus Talks - podcast about Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and North Caucasus. We'll talk here about culture, history, languages, tourism and more related to the Caucasus. Published by the Languages of the Caucasus (www.jezykikaukazu.pl/en/home) Our website: www.jezykikaukazu.pl Instagram: www.instagram.com/jezykikaukazu FB fanpage: www.facebook.com/languagesofthecaucasus Newletter The Caucasian Mail: https://jezykikaukazu.pl/en/the-caucasian-mail/