Tambaram Corporation launches website for pet owners to apply for licences

1 week, 2 days ago

LMC collects ₹41K in fines during pet licence-checking drive

The Lucknow Municipal Corporation collected ₹41,200 during a pet licence-checking campaign carried out on Saturday. LMC pet licence-checking drive in progress on Saturday. Currently, there are over 10,000 pet dogs in the city, but only 3,720 licences have been issued in this financial year, reflecting a sharp decline from 5,600 licenses in 2023-24 and 8,200 in 2022-23. Pet owners can …

Dog Licence Pet Owners Lmc Pet

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pets shop, dog breeding centres in Delhi to face closure if they fail to register with Animal Board within a month

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, All pet shops and dog breeding centres in the national capital have to register with the Delhi Animal Welfare Board within one month or face closure for non-compliance, according to a public notice. Pets shop, dog breeding centres in Delhi to face closure if they fail to register with Animal Board within a month The move comes in …

Animals Delhi Pet Animal Board Pet Shops Rules

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Register in a month or shut shops: Delhi animal board's ultimatum to pet stores

India Today

All pet shops and dog breeding centres in the national capital have to register with the Delhi Animal Welfare Board within one month or face closure for non-compliance, according to a public notice. In its public notice dated November 6, the Delhi Animal Welfare Board has mandated that all pet shops and dog breeding centres in the National Capital Territory …

Animals Delhi Pet Animal Board Registration Pet Shops

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Stray dog attacks: Thiruvananthapuram corporation intensifies vax drive, plans to tie up with NGOs

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In response to the growing stray dog attacks in the capital, Thiruvananthapuram corporation has intensified the vaccination drive in all hundred wards. According to a recent survey carried out by the corporation in collaboration with CAWA, the stray dog population has declined in the capital. After the suspension of the ABC programme by the Kudumbashree Mission in 2021, the …

Dog Thiruvananthapuram Drive Ngo Stray Gayathri

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chennai Corporation proposes to perform 50,000 Animal Birth Control surgeries on stray dogs in a year

The Hindu

Amid complaints of stray dog menace pouring in, the Greater Chennai Corporation proposed to conduct a whopping 50,000 Animal Birth Control surgeries annually, at an estimated cost of over ₹9.45 crore. The cost for the proposed 50,000 procedures per annum, includes annual salary for 11 veterinarians ; 94 attendees ; nine security personnel ; 14 dog catchers ; and seven …

Lakh Surgeries

4 months ago

GHMC Launches Pet Registration on MyGHMC App

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The GHMC has asked pet owners to register their pets on the MyGHMC app, for free. In a statement, the GHMC said pet owners could contact the following officials in the veterinary section for assistance: LB Nagar: Dr D. Ranajit 9866699401; Charminar: Dr T. Srinivas Reddy 9989930397; Khairatabad: Dr K. Chakrapani Reddy; 9989930358; Serilingampally: Dr J.D. Credai Telangana Hosts …

Pet Owners Ghmc

5 months ago

Licensing of pet dogs at Oulgaret municipality in Puducherry to be strictly implemented from August

The Hindu

Oulgaret municipality has appealed to pet owners in the municipal limits to obtain licences for their pets soon or face stringent action. According to an official, it is compulsory to register pet dogs, cats, and other animals with the municipality every year, but residents are reluctant to do this. Mr. Raj said the local body had decided to conduct special …

Pets Pet Pet Owners Owners Pet Dogs Municipality Oulgaret Municipality

6 months ago

Licensing process will help curb man-animal conflicts in Chennai: Mayor

The Hindu

Licensing animals will help curb man-animal conflicts in Chennai, said Mayor R. Priya in reference to a recent incident where a 35-year-old woman was dragged down by a buffalo in Tiruvottiyur. Three incidents of cattle attacks have been recorded this year within the Greater Chennai Corporation limits. Owners must obtain a licence for their cattle within three months from the …

Chennai Corporation Cattle Gcc Pet Dogs Cow Owners

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Chennai Corporation plans to undertake dog population management survey

The Hindu

Following recent incidents of dog bites, the Greater Chennai Corporation, in association with Worldwide Veterinary Service India and the Tamil Nadu State Animal Welfare Board, will undertake a Dog Population Management survey. The survey aims to map routes across the GCC limits, train volunteers on DPM concepts and methodology, and conduct free-roaming dog sight surveys, the summary stated. With an …

Dog Corporation Chennai Corporation Dpm

7 months ago

Navi Mumbai reports 16K dog bites in a year, stray packs are a threat , say locals

Hindustan Times

NAVI MUMBAI: In the last one year, the city of Navi Mumbai has witnessed an alarming rise in dog bite cases with aggressive packs ruling many byroads at night. According to Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, the city reported nearly 16,000 dog bite cases in 2023-2024 against 12,656 in 2022-2023. The last dog census was done in 2012 and revealed 29,864 …

Mumbai Dogs Dog Nmmc Navi Mumbai Stray Stray Dogs

7 months ago

As fear of stray dogs persists, GCC looks at stepping up sterilisation

The Hindu

A 13-year-old boy at Tondiarpet was bitten by a stray dog on the night of May 14. The dog is being placed under observation for 10 days at the Animal Birth Control centre at Pulianthope,” Greater Chennai Corporation Veterinary Officer J. Kamal Hussain has said. Details from the Directorate of Medical Education and Research revealed that from July 2023 to …

Animal Control Dogs Dog Corporation Stray Stray Dogs

7 months ago

Three new ABC centres to function in July: Greater Chennai Corporation

The Hindu

Greater Chennai Corporation will open three new Animal Birth Control centres under Chennai – Care for Animals Project in Pulianthope, Kannamapettai and Lloyd’s Road for mass sterilisation and immunisation in July. The project, costing ₹20 crore taken up under Singara Chennai 2.0, will have a total of 460 stainless steel kennels to house stray dogs — 140 each in Pulianthope …

Dogs Centres Pulianthope Lloyds Road

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Chennai Rottweiler attack | Pet licence, anti-rabies vaccine certificate mandatory for taking dogs for walks in public places: Chennai Corporation

The Hindu

A day after two Rottweilers mauled a five-year-old girl at a public park, the Greater Chennai Corporation on Tuesday issued guidelines for pet ownership, making it mandatory for pet owners to obtain a pet licence and an anti-rabies certificate before taking their pets for a walk in public spaces such as parks, beaches, and streets. GCC officials will verify the …

Licence Owner Gcc Pet Dogs Rottweiler

8 months, 1 week ago

Hey Delhiite! Are you a responsible dog parent?

Hindustan Times

With effect from this month, the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation has increased the registration fee for pet dogs from ₹200 to ₹1,000. This charge applicable in the satellite city has led to pet parents in Delhi and other NCR cities wonder whether it’s possible to act like a responsible pet parent! “The owners must also not abandon their pet dog or …

Pets Delhi Registration Dogs Public Places Dog Feel

9 months ago

Greater Chennai Corporation seizes 142 dogs from a Velachery resident

The Hindu

Pet registration norms and Animal Birth Control Rules have come under scrutiny after the Greater Chennai Corporation recently seized 142 unregistered dogs that were housed in a single area in Andal Avenue, Velachery. Justice M.Dhandapani of the Madras High Court in an order dated November 29, 2023, directed, “In view of the above, this Court directs the official respondents to …

Animal Dogs Respondent Greater Chennai Corporation Pulianthope

9 months, 1 week ago

Pet owners in dilemma over mandatory sterilization of ‘furry pals’

Hindustan Times

LUCKNOW Pet owners in the city are a worried lot after the the Centre imposed a ban on the import, sale, and breeding of 23 “ferocious” dog breeds considering them to be a “threat to human life”’ and the Lucknow Municipal Corporation deciding not to issue fresh licences for canines that are not sterilized and vaccinated. The list includes breeds …

Pet Dogs Dog Lmc Breeds My Dog

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Chennai Corporation catches 22 dogs from YMCA grounds ahead of PM’s meet on March 4

The Hindu

The Public Health Department of the Greater Chennai Corporation captured 22 dogs at the YMCA grounds ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned public meeting on March 4. The dogs that are not sterilised will be neutered at the Animal Birth Control centres they are taken to and released after post-op procedures. The Greater Chennai Corporation has ABCs at Kannamapettai, …

Dogs Corporation Chennai Corporation

10 months ago

Chennai Corporation Budget 2024 | Stray cattle, dog control to be boosted with new cow shed, dog-catching vehicles

The Hindu

Chennai Mayor R. Priya announced a slew of projects to control the stray animal menace on the city’s streets, at the budget presentation meeting of the Greater Chennai Corporation in Ripon Buildings on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. Temporary catchers to be deployed in nine zones including Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 14 and 15 through self help groups for …

Control Dog Stray Chennai Corporation Gcc Stray Cattle Priya

10 months, 3 weeks ago

GCC considers procuring Canine Distemper vaccine from private agencies for stray dogs

The Hindu

The Greater Chennai Corporation is thinking of procuring vaccines from private agencies for canine distemper to curb its spread among stray dogs. In a message circulated on a messaging app recently, animal activists alleged that some captured dogs succumbed to CD — a contagious viral infection — in animal birth control centres. A veterinary doctor of an ABC centre in …

Dogs Vaccine Stray Dogs Gcc Private Agencies

1 year, 2 months ago

Chennai Corporation organises community animal vaccination drive

The Hindu

To curb rabies, the Greater Chennai Corporation along with non-governmental organisations held a mega vaccination drive for over 1,100 community animals as an extension of ‘World Rabies Day’ measures. There are five Animal Birth Control centres, one each at Pulianthope, Lloyd’s Colony, Kannammapet, Meenambakkam, and Sholinganallur, and as a part of the Singara Chennai 2.0, centres at Pulianthope, Lloyd’s Colony, …

1 year, 2 months ago

Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation issues new pet dog policy: Here are details

India TV News

The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation approved a revised pet dog policy on Tuesday. According to media reports, the GMC brought several new provisions to deal with the dog menace. Here are the highlights of the new guidelines Only two pet dogs will be allowed on a 182sqm private unit Four dogs will be allowed on a 273sqm private unit Not more …

Pet Dogs Dog Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation Gmc

1 year, 3 months ago

Tiruppur Corporation plans for three more animal birth control centres

The Hindu

: The Tiruppur Corporation is understood to have forwarded proposals for establishing additional Animal Birth Control centres, to step up its on-going initiative to control the population of street dogs. Rising population of street dogs is pronounced in localities at Vijayapuram, Mummoorthi Nagar, Padmavathipuram, Valayangadu, Muniappan Koil Street, Old Ramakrishnapuram, and Kalampalayam Pillayarkoil Street, going by the representations made by …

Dogs Street Dogs Corporation Street

1 year, 3 months ago

Stray Dogs, Monkey Menace Causing Hardships To Citizens: Himachal Pradesh High Court Asks Animal Welfare Board To Give 'Practical Suggestions'

Live Law

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked the Animal Welfare Board of India to give practical suggestions to curb the persistent issue of stray dogs and monkey menace in the State. "These two have been lingering on in the State for long and causing hardships to the citizens of the State," a bench comprising Chief Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and …

Court State Stray Dogs Menace Monkey Menace Practical Suggestions

1 year, 3 months ago

Citizens obstructing ABC programme implementation will face legal action

Hindustan Times

Following the rise in incidents of resistance from citizens while catching and releasing stray dogs for the Animal Birth Control programme, the Pune Municipal Corporation has decided to take legal action against those who obstruct the civic staff from implementing the programme. As part of the ABC programme conducted in the city by the PMC, dog squads pick up unsterilised …

Dog Pmc Citizens Programme Abc

1 year, 4 months ago

Private aviary, petting zoo on East Coast Road closed for visitors by Forest Department

The Hindu

The Forest Department closed for visitors a private aviary and a petting zoo on East Coast Road. Faunus Park has over 13 exotic species, including sun and blue-green conure, blue and gold macaw, bobwhite quail, Congo African grey parrot, yellow anaconda, lesser clown ball python, and Goliath birdeater tarantula, most of which fall under the Convention on International Trade in …

Prasanth Cites

1 year, 6 months ago

Stray dog menace: seven more ABC centres to be opened in Kannur

The Hindu

KANNUR: The District Planning Committee has decided to open seven more Animal Birth Control centres for sterilisation of stray dogs. The decision came in the wake of stray dogs mauling to death an 11-year-old boy at Muzhappilangad recently and the growing dog menace in the district. Divya said a team of Revenue and Panchayat departments would conduct site inspections and …

Dpc Stray Stray Dogs

1 year, 6 months ago

Residents demand permanent solution to stray dog menace in Coimbatore

The Hindu

As the city grapples with an increasing number of stray dogs, there is a louder demand from the residents for measures to strengthen the Animal Birth Control programme in the city. The neutering centres in Ondipudur and Seeranaickenpalayam sterilised 3,320 stray dogs of the estimated 1.21 lakh last financial year, according to the CCMC Budget for 2023-24. Corporation Council Public …

Animal Dog Corporation Abc

1 year, 6 months ago

Activists urge Chennai Corporation to adopt a systematic approach to manage street dogs

The Hindu

Packs of street dogs charging at pedestrians and moving vehicles has become a persistent problem facing the residents of Chennai in the last few months. While activists call for a systematic approach to animal birth control, the Greater Chennai Corporation has not consolidated the number of community dogs since 2018. J. Kamal Hussain, chief veterinary officer, GCC, said as per …

Chennai Dogs Dog Number Corporation Gcc

1 year, 7 months ago

Coimbatore Corpn. to set up two more ABC centres in North, South Zones

The Hindu

The Coimbatore Corporation plans to set up two more Animal Birth Control centres in the North and South Zones worth ₹50 lakh, to control stray dog menace in the city. R. Venkatapathy, a resident in L.G.B Nagar of Ward 22 in East Zone, said many two-wheeler riders, fearing stray dogs, drive fast on the rocky roads, due to which they …

Dogs Zone Corporation Stray Stray Dogs Centres South Zones

1 year, 8 months ago

‘Dog Matters’: In a 1st in country, animal birth control centre set up in Lucknow

Hindustan Times

LUCKNOW The country’s first animal birth control centre has been set up in Lucknow and more such facilities will be built across the state, said urban development department officials at a state-level seminar titled ‘Dog Matters’. Animal Birth Control centres are intended to be dedicated facilities where stray dogs and cats will be brought for sterilisation, and then will be …

Animals Animal Dogs Lucknow Dog Project State

1 year, 8 months ago

Understanding the street dogs-human conflict

The Hindu

For about 25,000 years, we have coexisted with dogs. The Animal Birth Control Rules of 2001 have been recommended by the World Health Organization and the World Organisation for Animal Health as the only way to bring about a sustained decline in the dog population, incidence of rabies, and aggression in dogs. Rather than seeking the removal of dogs, the …

Dogs Pet Shops Rules Dog Street Native Dogs

1 year, 9 months ago

Dog mauls baby; experts say sterilisation, vaccination key to curb canine scare

Hindustan Times

A month old baby sleeping next to his mother at a Rajasthan government hospital was taken away by stray dogs and mauled to death, the latest instance of a tragedy that plays out with horrific frequency in villages and towns across India. Either that or remove all stray dogs from residential areas, put them in a segregated uninhabited area where …

Pet Animal Control Dogs Birth Dog Stray

1 year, 10 months ago

Gurugram civic body rejigs registration of pets, licence now for 3 years

Hindustan Times

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has amended the dog registration process to extend validity period of licences issued to owners from the current one year to three years. MCG said it has started the process to streamline pet registration and has already given licences to owners of 750 pets, said officials. The forum also banned 11 foreign breeds and directed …

Pets Registration Dogs Process Gurugram Licence Pet Owners

1 year, 11 months ago

Pet dog owners will soon need to pay tax for security, cleanliness in MP's Sagar

India Today

Sagar Municipal Corporation in Madhya Pradesh has decided to impose a tax on dog owners, a first in the state, for security and cleanliness of the city's residents. Not just the stray dog menace but also the dirtying of public places by pet dogs also led to this move. All pet dogs in Sagar will be registered, their vaccinations done, …

Dog Owners Sagar Stray Dog Pet Dogs Sagar Municipal Corporation

2 years, 1 month ago

Pet owners to be penalized for dog attacks

Deccan Chronicle

Noida: In view of the increasing dog attacks in the city, the Noida Authority is all set to implement a new policy to check the menace. The new policy would be enforced from March 1, 2023, according to Noida Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari. The Authority also made it mandatory for all the pet owners to get their animals registered through …

Pet Owner Authority Noida Authority Dog Attacks

2 years, 2 months ago

'Permit Euthanasia or Culling of Violent, Vicious Stray Dogs': Kerala Govt to SC

The Quint

The state government also informed the Supreme Court that an interim order of Kerala High Court directing the withdrawal of Kudumbashree Units from the Animal Birth Control programme has led to a complete halt of the programme in eight districts. The high court order restrained the inclusion of of Kudumbashree as an implementing agency for the Animal Birth Control Project …

Dogs Kerala

2 years, 3 months ago

Kerala Hit by Escalating Man-stray Dog Conflict; Dozen Strays Found Dead Due to Alleged Poisoning

News 18

Give a dog a bad name and hang him too is what literally happened in Kottayam district of Kerala recently where a canine, accused of attacking people, was beaten to death and then publicly strung up, in the wake of a spate of vicious attacks on humans, including children, in the state. In an effort to allay public fears, the …

Kerala Animal Dogs Dog State Pti Stray

2 years, 3 months ago

Amid Rising Cases of Dog-bite, MCD Asks People to Get Pets Registered

News 18

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Sunday asked residents to get their pets registered in view of “rising incidents of dog-bite” in the national capital region, and warned that action can be taken for non-compliance of the norm. Senior officials of the veterinary department of MCD said that Delhi Municipal Corporation Act mandates registration of pet dogs with civic body, …

Pet Dogs Dog Registered Mcd Pet Dogs Pets Registered

2 years, 4 months ago

Residents oppose Navi Mumbai civic body’s action of relocating stray dogs

Hindustan Times

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation veterinary department capturing and relocating six sterilised stray dogs from Seawoods Estates Limited has come under the scanner of animal lovers including the trustee of People for Animals, Ambika Shukla. Residents of Seawoods Estates Limited oppose the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s action of relocating stray dogs. If the captured dogs were indeed biting, then how …

Action Dogs Dog Nmmc Navi Mumbai Stray Dogs Shukla

2 years, 6 months ago

Open birth control centres for dogs in municipalities, Telangana HC tells ULBs

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the Animal Welfare Board and urban local bodies to open birth control centres for dogs in municipalitities which lacked them, within three months. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Abhinand Kumar Shavili issued the direction while dealing with a batch of petitions and PILs to declare the action of the …

Animal Dogs Ulb Control Centres Birth Control Centres

2 years, 7 months ago

Vizag city has over one lakh stray dogs

Deccan Chronicle

VISAKHAPATNAM: Smart City Visakhapatnam has over 1.12 lakh stray dogs in eight GVMC zones from Bhimili to Anakapalli, according to latest figures of the corporation’s public health department. Talking to Deccan Chronicle, Nath said several guidelines have been issued by Animal Welfare Board of India and Ministry of Environment on birth control among dogs to contain their population as well …

Animal Dogs Dog Stray Dogs Gvmc Vspca

2 years, 8 months ago

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation to include stray cats for sterilisation, vaccination programme

Hindustan Times

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is all set to include sterilisation and vaccination of stray cats from this year onwards. Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation will soon include stray cats for sterilisation and vaccination programme. Therefore, we have plans to include this activity with the regular sterilisation programme of stray dogs,” said the deputy municipal commissioner, Shriram Pawar. “Since it won’t …

Cats Nmmc Stray Cats Sterilisation Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Include Stray

2 years, 11 months ago

Despite rule, no pet shop in Delhi registered with state animal welfare board

Hindustan Times

Over three years after the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Rules, 2018, was notified, making it mandatory for pet shops in Delhi and other states to be registered with the State Animal Welfare Board, not a single pet shop in Delhi has registered so far, according to a Right To Information reply from the state animal husbandry department. Aimed at …

Animals Pet Animal Sale Indian Registration Pet Shops

3 years, 3 months ago

Noida residents need to register online for their pet dogs: All you need to know

India Today

The Noida authorities have asked the pet owners to register their dogs through the mobile app or the website provided. The East Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Noida authorities have made the registration of the pet mandatory through an online portal. The East Delhi owners need to pay the prescribed amount specified by EDMC via online medium filing the application …

Pet Registration Dogs Noida Need Register East Delhi

4 years ago

Pet shops selling thousands of dangerous or endangered crocodiles, monkeys and venomous snakes

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Britain’s pet shops …

Animals Pet Animal Pet Shops Wild Email Exotic

Tambaram Corporation launches website for pet owners to apply for licences

Discover Related