THE ROLE OF THE "SECRETARIA EXECUTIVA DOS DIREITOS DOS ANIMAIS" (SEDA) OF RECIFE CITY HALL FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ANIMAL WELFARE AND ONE HEALTH
Animal Rights; transdisciplinarity; public policy.
The objective was to describe the activities of the “Secretaria Executiva dos Direitos dos Animais” (SEDA) of the Recife City Hall and to perform a quantitative analysis of the actions carried out by this Secretariat in dogs and cats from the perspective of Animal Welfare and One Health. To this end, the activities to obtain the data were carried out through on-site documentary research at SEDA, on the official website of the Recife City Hall, in three Doctoral Theses, a Master’s Dissertation and a Mandatory Supervised Internship (ESO) report graduate. In addition, we used the information from the database of the Veterinary System (SISVET) of SEDA, which were exported to the Excel Program and analyzed, allowing the verification of actions performed by SEDA. In total, the 12 actions carried out by SEDA were verified and analyzed according to the type of action, beginning and end of the action, partner institutions, main results and the situation in 2022. In the analysis of the database in SISVET it was verified the separation of the actions in activities carried out in the Veterinary Hospital of Recife (HVR) and in non-hospital activities performed. Regarding the activities carried out in the HVR, it was found that in the period 2013 to 2022, the HVR provided 71,314 vacancies for castrations of dogs and cats, with 36,757 castrations. In these surgeries, the number of inadequacies to perform castrations was 1,796 for dogs and 953 for cats, and all their causes were grouped and analyzed. In the period from 2017 to 2022 it was verified that the HVR performed 143,705 procedures of consultations, emergency returns and attendances, 14,711 general surgeries and 262 anti-rabies vaccinations. Among the non-hospital activities, SEDA attended between 2013 to 2022, 4,909 reports of mistreatment against dogs, cats and horses, performed 991 adoptions of dogs and cats, 9,454 assistance of dogs and cats in the Veterinary Program of the Neighborhoods and 688 lectures given in municipal and state public schools in the city of Recife. These integrative actions allowed the possibility of participation of the population and partner bodies in issues related to animal rights. Considering the permanent actions carried out by SEDA, combined with the concept of One Health, it was found that they can provide an improvement in the quality of life of people, animals and the environment, and thus, allows the development of a new paradigm for the implementation of transformative public policies in the city of Recife - PE.