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03-04-2007, 12:36 AM
Karnataka govt to end dog menace
Shwetal Kamalapurkar
CNN-IBN
Posted Sunday , March 04, 2007 at 01:26 Email Print
NOT SO HAPPY: Animal rights\' groups in country say putting down dogs is not the solution.
But the stray dog problem isn't unique to Bangalore. And animal rights' groups in the country say putting down dogs is not the solution.
Another child being mauled to death by a pack of ferocious stray dogs was the wake up call for the Karnataka government. Which has now promised to make Bangalore a stray free city within a month. But two such incidents in the last three months have left Bangaloreans a worried lot.
KR Puram resident Shyam Sunder said, “The dogs come back after they are picked up.”
The city administration on its part has promised to intensify the drive against stray dogs.
The state health minister has ordered that at least a thousand dogs be rounded up everyday. But the blame game's begun.
NGOs are calling the authorities insensitive and the civic authorities claim animal welfare workers haven't efficiently used funds meant for the Animal birth control programme. But it's not just Bangalore that's being dogged by this problem.
With close to two lakh stray dogs and 44,000 reported dog bites Mumbai too has its share of canine trouble. As much as the inability of the civic administration to arrest this problem for the animal lovers it's really the lack of a specific direction that they find troublesome.
Mumbai Canine Club President Mahesh Chaudhary said, “It's not too tough really to organise sterilisation camps etc. Clearly the need is for a clear will from the administration's side.
Sterlising a dog will cost as much as only Rs 200. The need is for a five-day shelter after that for which even a temporary one would do. Private drug companies and vet nary doctors are ready to help. It's only the permission that are generally a problem.
The same sentiment's being echoed in the capital. NGOs working with animal care say killing off stray dogs is no solution.
Experts believe that with more cities in the country opting for the Animal Birth Control programme, it is only a matter of time before the stray dog trouble is under control.
Shwetal Kamalapurkar
CNN-IBN
Posted Sunday , March 04, 2007 at 01:26 Email Print
NOT SO HAPPY: Animal rights\' groups in country say putting down dogs is not the solution.
But the stray dog problem isn't unique to Bangalore. And animal rights' groups in the country say putting down dogs is not the solution.
Another child being mauled to death by a pack of ferocious stray dogs was the wake up call for the Karnataka government. Which has now promised to make Bangalore a stray free city within a month. But two such incidents in the last three months have left Bangaloreans a worried lot.
KR Puram resident Shyam Sunder said, “The dogs come back after they are picked up.”
The city administration on its part has promised to intensify the drive against stray dogs.
The state health minister has ordered that at least a thousand dogs be rounded up everyday. But the blame game's begun.
NGOs are calling the authorities insensitive and the civic authorities claim animal welfare workers haven't efficiently used funds meant for the Animal birth control programme. But it's not just Bangalore that's being dogged by this problem.
With close to two lakh stray dogs and 44,000 reported dog bites Mumbai too has its share of canine trouble. As much as the inability of the civic administration to arrest this problem for the animal lovers it's really the lack of a specific direction that they find troublesome.
Mumbai Canine Club President Mahesh Chaudhary said, “It's not too tough really to organise sterilisation camps etc. Clearly the need is for a clear will from the administration's side.
Sterlising a dog will cost as much as only Rs 200. The need is for a five-day shelter after that for which even a temporary one would do. Private drug companies and vet nary doctors are ready to help. It's only the permission that are generally a problem.
The same sentiment's being echoed in the capital. NGOs working with animal care say killing off stray dogs is no solution.
Experts believe that with more cities in the country opting for the Animal Birth Control programme, it is only a matter of time before the stray dog trouble is under control.