Da saúde pública ao direito dos animais. uma análise do papel do Centro de Controle de Zoonoses (CCZ) e das associações de socorro animal em Dourados – MS

Abstract

From a geographical perspective, the work seeks to analyze the relationship between public health and animal rights in the city of Dourados-MS. For that, we take into account concepts and/or categories such as, for example: place, daily life, space, street, scale, location and corporeality. Considering public health as a concern articulated at different scales (from global to local), we reflect on the zoonoses that most concern the Zoonoses Control Center (CCZ), those that are linked to dogs and cats. We also reflect on the emergence of “animal relief associations” as an alternative to demands related to the welfare and rights of animals; demands that are not met by the State. The empirical work was configured as fundamental for the research proposal; in this sense, interviews were carried out with members of the associations, with residents of some neighborhoods in the city, with the coordinator and with the CCZ veterinarian. In addition to the theoretical foundation and the interviews, we chose the following methodological instruments: legislation surveys, news sites, online magazines, website of the Information Technology Department of the Unified Health System (DATASUS). Although the inseparability between public health and strategies to combat zoonoses is essential (made possible by the State, via the Ministry of Health and the CCZ), it is in everyday life, through rescue associations, that the fight for the rights of animals emerges as an alternative to unmet demands in other spheres.