Fixing India’s street dog problem | It’s not as simple as ABC
2 months, 1 week ago

Fixing India’s street dog problem | It’s not as simple as ABC

The Hindu  

Last year, before he passed away, Ratan Tata made headlines for ensuring all street dogs got ‘free entry’ at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Colaba. “We need a lot more NGOs if we’re going to succeed, especially in the panchayats and suburbs.” The influx of tourists has also presented a unique problem: the summer and winter months see a rampant breeding of street dogs due to leftover food and bad garbage management, and come monsoon, the same dogs starve to death due to scarcity of food. “But many of these NGOs are in debt, and don’t even have money to pay their vets,” says Tanja Fernandes, a dog-lover who has rescued multiple dogs over the years. “So we have to be careful.” Suggestions for corporations Ensure veterinary hospitals in the city, under the supervision of the veterinary officer, do a base minimum of sterilisations a month Have CCTV cameras in all ABC centres and make visiting hours mandatory Encourage each RWA to appoint an animal welfare group Carry out a systematic public education campaign to make people aware of laws around street dogs. “Because the moment the dog population starts going down, cats shoot up,” says Abodh Aras, CEO of Welfare of Street Dogs, an NGO which works with the local government to sterilise street dogs.

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Over 16K street dogs sterilised, vaccinated in Prayagraj
2 days, 1 hour ago

Over 16K street dogs sterilised, vaccinated in Prayagraj

Hindustan Times  

In an effort to curb the stray dog menace in Sangam city, the Prayagraj Municipal Corporation initiated a sterilisation and vaccination drive that has now been in operation for over a year and a half. According to animal welfare officials, sterilisation and vaccination help reduce the aggression of street dogs, which leads to fewer incidents of biting and aggression towards …

Love me, love my dog: India needs norms for pet-owner etiquette in public spaces
1 month ago

Love me, love my dog: India needs norms for pet-owner etiquette in public spaces

India Today  

The CCTV footage is disturbing. It’s the unspoken civic nuisance of our times: dog owners who adore their pets but remain conveniently blind to the tiny, unscooped mounds they leave behind. In Japan’s Izumisano city in 2015, authorities launched an app allowing residents to upload photos of uncollected dog waste, using GPS to track problem areas. Better awareness campaigns could …

The struggles of pet owners no one talks about in India
3 months, 1 week ago

The struggles of pet owners no one talks about in India

India Today  

When 20-year-old art student Gargy Sharma from Delhi finally convinced her parents to go on a long-awaited family outing, she was thrilled. Many pet parents struggle to access timely medical advice, emergency care, or advanced treatments, especially in smaller towns.” Travel woes Travelling with pets is another significant issue. It’s a scary and isolating experience for them, and as pet …

Civic officials blame improper feeding patterns, obstructions in implementation of ABC rules for stray dog menace in Bengaluru
7 months ago

Civic officials blame improper feeding patterns, obstructions in implementation of ABC rules for stray dog menace in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

Civic officials blame improper practices in feeding stray dogs and impediments they face in the implementation of the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023, for the continued dog menace in the city. Suralkar Vikas Kishor, Special Commissioner, BBMP, said while the civic body cares for stray dogs, it is unable to effectively implement ABC Rules, 2023, on feeding and vaccination due …

Ferocious friends: On certain breeds of dogs and public safety
1 year ago

Ferocious friends: On certain breeds of dogs and public safety

The Hindu  

The relationship between dogs and their place in society opens up vexing dilemmas in India. Among the questions being deliberated upon is whether certain breeds of dogs are inherently more “ferocious” than others. An expert committee constituted by the Department of Animal Welfare and Husbandry, Ministry of Agriculture, has recommended that certain breeds of “ferocious dogs” be prohibited from being …

Dog attacks menace: Why is century-old animal-human bonding weakening? Issue & solution | Explained
1 year ago

Dog attacks menace: Why is century-old animal-human bonding weakening? Issue & solution | Explained

India TV News  

Two contrary images appear when we discuss stray dog menace. This is "not an isolated case" of loss of human life due to attacks by stray dogs in Delhi, the NHRC had said in a statement. On March 4, the Delhi High Court said stray dogs are becoming a menace and sought the stand of the authorities here on a …

Feeding street dogs has made them too territorial: Delhi HC
1 year ago

Feeding street dogs has made them too territorial: Delhi HC

Hindustan Times  

Feeding community dogs has led to them becoming too territorial and takes away their capacity to forage for their own food, the Delhi high court said on Monday, seeking replies from the Delhi government, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, and the Delhi Police. Posting the plea for March 13, the high court also directed the police to preserve CCTV footage of …

Don’t demonise dogs, there are viable solutions before us
1 year, 4 months ago

Don’t demonise dogs, there are viable solutions before us

Hindustan Times  

Last year, when a Noida resident named Teena made the ridiculous claim that she had just suffered 50 dog bites - with not a bruise, scratch or any medical report to show for it—much of the media lapped up the story without question. Ever since, in the absence of dogs being able to defend themselves, there has been a spate …

Tiruppur Corporation plans for three more animal birth control centres
1 year, 6 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 …

Why Kerala plans to cull 'dangerous' stray dogs
1 year, 9 months ago

Why Kerala plans to cull 'dangerous' stray dogs

India Today  

Kerala’s long and unsuccessful battle against the threat posed by stray dogs to citizens has led the state government to in principle agree to invoke legal provisions to cull ‘dangerous’ strays. “Kerala reported 135,749 dog bite cases in 2017, 148,365 in 2018, 161,050 in 2019, 160,483 in 2020, 221,379 in 2021 and 223,489 in 2022,” said a senior animal husbandry …

Activists urge Chennai Corporation to adopt a systematic approach to manage street dogs
1 year, 9 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 …

Orientation workshop held on containing dog bites
1 year, 10 months ago

Orientation workshop held on containing dog bites

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In light of the recent amendment and a notification of the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023, the MA&UD department organised an orientation workshop for additional commissioners, GHMC officials, municipal commissioners and sanitation staff of 141 ULBs at the Institute of Engineers in Khairatabad here on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. N Satyranarayana, CDMA, MAUD, said “The amended Rules …

Uttar Pradesh: ‘Dog bites’ emerge as a key concern during civic poll campaign in Lucknow
1 year, 10 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: ‘Dog bites’ emerge as a key concern during civic poll campaign in Lucknow

Hindustan Times  

Street dogs and increasing cases of dog bites have emerged as an important issue during the ongoing civic poll campaign. ‘Dog bites’ emerge as a key concern during civic poll campaign in Lucknow The residents of Shrishti Apartments in Jankipuram have announced boycott of the civic polls following several cases of dog bites in their area and inaction of authorities …

Mumbai-based NGO fights for protection of street dogs.
1 year, 11 months ago

Mumbai-based NGO fights for protection of street dogs.

The Hindu  

Interview with Abodh Aras, CEO, Welfare of Stray Dogs, Mumbai. These dogs are a testament to Mumbai’s success in addressing the issue of street dogs, thanks in large part to the efforts of the Welfare of Stray Dogs, a Mumbai-based non-governmental organisation dedicated to animal welfare. Frontline talks to Abodh Aras, CEO, Welfare of Stray Dogs, Mumbai about the NGO’s …

Oh Dog! Why canine attacks are on the rise in India
1 year, 11 months ago

Oh Dog! Why canine attacks are on the rise in India

Firstpost  

A survey has found that 82 per cent of people believe that attacks by stray or pet dogs are an issue in their area, city or district. This comes amid recent reports of stray dogs mauling children to death and pet dogs targeting people in the localities or even their own owners Is ‘man’s best friend’ becoming his enemy? As …

‘Dog Matters’: In a 1st in country, animal birth control centre set up in Lucknow
1 year, 11 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 …

Centre asks states, municipal bodies to keep check on rising dog bite cases
1 year, 11 months ago

Centre asks states, municipal bodies to keep check on rising dog bite cases

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has directed the states to deal with the growing stray dog bite cases under a set of new rules notified in March 2023 under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act 1960, which provides for measures to check animal population, an official familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. There is no official data on the size of …

Understanding the street dogs-human conflict
2 years 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 …

Does India have a stray dog crisis?
2 years ago

Does India have a stray dog crisis?

The Hindu  

In recent weeks, there have been many attacks by stray dogs on people, especially children. With an estimated 1.5-6 crore stray canines roaming around the streets in India, questions are being raised about the implementation of municipality laws and cultural attitudes of tolerance towards stray dogs. The 2001 Animal Birth Control Rules took these powers away by creating a category …

Stray dogs turn child killers
2 years ago

Stray dogs turn child killers

The Hindu  

It was the twilight hour on February 28. He was our hope for a better future.” “I am petrified that my third child will fall prey to the dogs here, so I have sent him away to live with my sister in another part of Delhi”SushmaMother to two boys killed by dogs In the second week of March, two boys …

Challenging dogma: On the threat from stray dogs
2 years ago

Challenging dogma: On the threat from stray dogs

The Hindu  

The newspaper rule of thumb is that ‘dog-bites-man’ stories are not newsworthy. However, with a nearly 1.5 crore stray dog population, and a dubious distinction of being the world’s dog-bite-and-rabies-capital, India’s ‘stray dog menace’ has a steady presence in the media ecosystem, to the point of being anaesthetising. The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and the Animal Birth Control …

Officials to take up slew of measures to contain dog menace in Hyderabad
2 years, 1 month ago

Officials to take up slew of measures to contain dog menace in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In the wake of last week’s incident at Amberpet where a four-year-old boy died after being attacked by a pack of street dogs, MA&UD special chief secretary Arvind Kumar has directed officials to take steps to control stray dog menace and dog bites. Among a host of measures to achieve the aim is installing water bowls for the strays, …

Hyderabad civic body holds high-level meeting to tackle stray dog menace
2 years, 1 month ago

Hyderabad civic body holds high-level meeting to tackle stray dog menace

India Today  

A high-level meeting was chaired by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation on Wednesday, just after the city witnessed two street dog menace incidents. Special Chief Secretary to the Telangana Govt, Arvind Kumar, IAS, directed the officials to pay special attention on controlling stray dogs and take an action plan on war footing to prevent such incidents in the limits of …

Improper waste disposal, half-hearted sterilisation cause stray/human conflicts
2 years, 5 months ago

Improper waste disposal, half-hearted sterilisation cause stray/human conflicts

Hindustan Times  

In 2015, a study conducted in 10 Indian metro cities found a strong link between human population and the amount of municipal and food waste generated, overall and per capita, with the number of stray dogs in the cities. According to an online survey by LocalCircles, a private agency based in Noida, six in 10 Indians said attacks by stray …

India’s community dog laws are complex
2 years, 5 months ago

India’s community dog laws are complex

Hindustan Times  

The controversy surrounding community dogs in residential societies was reignited on Tuesday in the wake of the death of a seven-month-old who was mauled by one inside a housing complex in Noida’s Sector 100. The 2015 guidelines of the Animal Welfare Board of India, a statutory body constituted under the Prevention of Cruelty Animals Act, 1960, occupy the field in …

Indian city bans three popular ‘ferocious’ dog breeds after spate of biting incidents
2 years, 5 months ago

Indian city bans three popular ‘ferocious’ dog breeds after spate of biting incidents

The Independent  

A city in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state has banned residents from keeping three “ferocious” breeds of dogs, including pit bulls, following a spate of attacks. Under the guidelines, owners will be required to get a licence for the dogs belonging to these breeds that they already have and no family will be allowed to keep more than one pet …

Kerala Hit by Escalating Man-stray Dog Conflict; Dozen Strays Found Dead Due to Alleged Poisoning
2 years, 6 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 …

Stray Dogs Menace: High Court Expands Scope Of PIL To Include Entire City Of Delhi
2 years, 11 months ago

Stray Dogs Menace: High Court Expands Scope Of PIL To Include Entire City Of Delhi

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has expanded the scope of a public interest litigation filed in November 2018, seeking to address the menace created by stray dogs in the South Delhi Municipal Corporation area, to the entire national capital.The Petitioner, Conference For Human Rights, had sought implementation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and the Animal Birth Control. The …

Why courts and commissions are concerned with dogs
3 years, 7 months ago

Why courts and commissions are concerned with dogs

India Today  

On July 23, the Rajasthan Human Rights Commission issued a notice to the two municipal corporations of Jaipur asking them about the action taken with regard to street dogs. Stray dogs are a concern across the country, with the Delhi and Kerala high courts passing judgments only last month, ordering a more humane attitude towards street dogs while upholding their …

Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Feeding Of Street Dogs In Residential Colony In Delhi
4 years, 1 month ago

Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Feeding Of Street Dogs In Residential Colony In Delhi

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has issued directions in an ongoing dispute regarding feeding of street dogs in residential colonies. A single Bench of Justice Pratibha Singh has issued the directions in a petition filed by three animal lovers, who give care to and feed the street dogs in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, against the Residents Welfare Association for creating hindrances …

Despite spending crores, no respite from stray dog menace in Ludhiana
4 years, 4 months ago

Despite spending crores, no respite from stray dog menace in Ludhiana

Hindustan Times  

Even though the Ludhiana municipal corporation has spent over ₹4 crore on stray dog sterilisation in the last past five-and-a-half years, there is no respite from dog bite cases in the city. The stray dog population has been on a continuous rise even as the civic body claims to have sterilised over 50,000 dogs since 2015, when the project was …

Indians walk away from family pets amid rumours dogs can spread coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

Indians walk away from family pets amid rumours dogs can spread coronavirus

ABC  

On a warm evening in Delhi's southern suburbs, a white van driving along the near-empty streets is causing a commotion. New Delhi's "dog mother" Sonya Ghosh feeds stray dogs, whose numbers have swelled amid rumours pets can carry COVID-19. Coronavirus fears see dogs dumped across India Unfounded rumours that pets were responsible for spreading coronavirus throughout China were shared widely …

How Delhi abandons top breeds of dogs after initial show-off
5 years, 4 months ago

How Delhi abandons top breeds of dogs after initial show-off

India Today  

Boozie, a six-year-old St Bernard, was rescued by animal lovers from Narela in Outer Delhi a few months ago. Abhinav Srihan, Fauna Police member and animal rights activist, says at least one such pedigreed dog is abandoned in the Capital every day. That's why the government of India banned the import of pedigree dogs for breeding purposes in 2016," says …

Bengaluru civic body's shoddy manner of sterilisation and vaccination of street dogs is no method to bring down rabies risk
6 years, 7 months ago

Bengaluru civic body's shoddy manner of sterilisation and vaccination of street dogs is no method to bring down rabies risk

Firstpost  

Lack of emphasis on the quality of animal birth control surgeries, coupled with initial contractor selection processes not being linked to merit alone, has led to various instances where street dogs have been found with their entrails out due to reasons like low-quality suturing techniques. “Citizens are one of the primary stakeholders of an ABC programme,” says Mili Gandhi, a …

Stray dog packs cause terror in Rajahmundry
7 years, 7 months ago

Stray dog packs cause terror in Rajahmundry

Deccan Chronicle  

Rajahmundry: The stray dog menace has become so rampant that packs of dogs are found on streets at all times, and they are terrorising newcomers to the city and even chasing them. Though the government has taken up Animal Birth Control and Anti-Rabies Vaccination programmes and roped in several NGOs to check proliferation of stray dogs all over the state …

Street dogs foil burglary attempt
7 years, 10 months ago

Street dogs foil burglary attempt

Hindustan Times  

A group of alert street dogs foiled a robbery attempt in the house of Dr Vishakha Shukla, a resident of sector 14, Indira Nagar, on Sunday night, when she was out for a movie. But they were not aware that the street dogs were resting inside the house because they were given food daily by Dr Vishakha Shukla and had …

Is culling the solution to stray dog menace in Kerala?
8 years, 5 months ago

Is culling the solution to stray dog menace in Kerala?

India Today  

Stray dog menace in Kerala has been getting worse as more reports of people being attacked keep coming in from the state. Businessman Kochouseph Chittilappilly shared a couple of pictures of the injured man on his Facebook page, criticising Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi for her stand on the stray dog issue in Kerala. This story does not …

Prevent Public Demonstrations On Dog Culling Issue, SC Tells Kerala Govt [Read Order]
8 years, 5 months ago

Prevent Public Demonstrations On Dog Culling Issue, SC Tells Kerala Govt [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while considering petitions by the Animal Welfare Board of India, took note of photographs that carried captions “Kerala politicians beat street dogs to death, hang them on a pole and take out a parade” and 'Gils Periappuram posing with the culled dogs'.The photographs also contain a photograph where the dogs are lying dead with the …

Prevent Public Demonstrations On Dog Culling Issue, SC Tells Kerala Govt [Read Order]
8 years, 5 months ago

Prevent Public Demonstrations On Dog Culling Issue, SC Tells Kerala Govt [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while considering petitions by the Animal Welfare Board of India, took note of photographs that carried captions “Kerala politicians beat street dogs to death, hang them on a pole and take out a parade” and 'Gils Periappuram posing with the culled dogs'.The photographs also contain a photograph where the dogs are lying dead with the …

Pakistan: Hundreds of stray dogs poisoned in Karachi as part of government's culling measure
8 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan: Hundreds of stray dogs poisoned in Karachi as part of government's culling measure

India TV News  

In a shocking case of cruelty against animals, over 700 stray dogs have been poisoned to death by officials in southern Karachi in Pakistan. The periodic culling of dogs using poison tablets hidden in chicken meat has drawn criticism from animal rights activists in Pakistan, but another city official, Mohammad Zahid, said it was necessary because packs of strays posed …

It’s a Dog’s Life for Canines in India
8 years, 8 months ago

It’s a Dog’s Life for Canines in India

The Quint  

A grieving mother of eight pups breathed her last on Tuesday. Ammu’s eight pups were killed right in front of her eyes when a women allegedly flung her 15-day-old puppies against boulders. But the three puppies who were roaming around Green Park metro station in Delhi were not so lucky. They were brutally murdered by a man, and the gruesome …

Sterilisation, vaccination of stray dogs can’t be impeded: SC
9 years ago

Sterilisation, vaccination of stray dogs can’t be impeded: SC

Hindustan Times  

Taking a serious note of the menace of stray dogs and threat of dog bites, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the concerned authorities of all states to carry out the sterilisation and vaccination of dogs wherever required. As per law, if the local authority thinks it expedient to control street dog population, it can sterilise and immunise street dogs, …

Supreme Court comes to the rescue of strays
9 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court comes to the rescue of strays

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Asking for harmonious coexistence between human beings and dogs, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said indiscriminate killing of dogs was not warranted. The court said that local authorities had a “sacrosanct duty” to provide the requisite infrastructure, like sufficient number of dog pounds, including animal kennels and shelters, dog vans with ramps for the capture and transportation of …

Rabies stalks India with its 30 million stray dogs
10 years, 11 months ago

Rabies stalks India with its 30 million stray dogs

India Today  

A stray dog stands right at the entrance of a grocery store. The Animal Welfare Board of India, a statutory body under the Environment and Forests Ministry, is struggling to rope in NGOs and animal welfare groups to implement the recently-approved National Rabies Control Pilot Project. "We have been begging the Central government to provide us with funds for carrying …

Who let the dogs in? Stray dogs and India Shining
13 years, 3 months ago

Who let the dogs in? Stray dogs and India Shining

Firstpost  

Some residents of a gated community in Gurgaon wants to oust its stray mongrels because they bark too much. Gurgaon: While the rest of the country has been wondering whether Kapil Sibal should play Big Brother and whether they should spend New Year’s at the Ramlila Maidan fighting corruption, some residents of the gated community I live in organised a …

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