Royal Canin Foundation Projects
The Royal Canin Foundation is a non-profit organization supporting projects that highlight the positive role of pets in human health and welfare
Big or small...
The Royal Canin Foundation Board consider all projects, big or small, that align with our defined objectives. This covers very diverse areas such as working dogs’ training, disease detection, therapeutic pets or assistance dogs. As a first criteria:
- Being aligned with our Animal Welfare Policy,
- Support one or more of the Royal Canin Foundation focus areas (the health and welfare of working dogs; pets in support of medical health; pets in support of human mental health),
- Have long-term added value to society and to human health.
2022
2022
Legal Assistance Dogs
This project aims to deploy and establish in courts in France legal assistance dogs specifically dedicated to support vulnerable beneficiaries (mostly children and women) during...
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2022
Improving The Lives Of Families With ASD Children
Dog Point is an association specialized in training, matching and following up assistance dogs for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)....
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2022
BREC-K9 Brigade And Rescue Dogs Mexico
BREC-K9 is a voluntary group of firefighters, paramedics and dogs trained to attend national and international disasters with a specialization in rescuing in collapsed structures....
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2022
Congohound Project
The Congohound dog squadron is involved in resolving various crimes, but also regularly patrols and helps secure people & transport in the Virunga National Park in Congo....
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2021
Disease Detection By Dogs: A Knowledge Base For Everyone
The Institut Curie in France is aiming with the KDOG programme to develop a clear and effective methodology for cancer detection by dogs through 5 research programs, while ensuring...
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2021
Covid-19 Medical Detection Dogs Project
What if detecting asymptomatic cases of Covid-19 was as simple as taking a dog for a walk? Medical Detection Dogs could be deployed to any public space, providing rapid,...
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2021
Autism Support Dogs Project
Po To Jestem encourages children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and mental disability to work with specially trained dogs and acquire basic universal non-verbal...
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2021
Certified training for medical detection dogs
The elaboration and implementation of a first standardized “Certified Training in Medical Detection Dogs (CTMDD)” for Dog Handlers or Educators in order to provide to the required...
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