GHMC yet to follow up on dog bite incidents
5 months, 2 weeks ago

GHMC yet to follow up on dog bite incidents

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Despite incidents of dog bites, the GHMC authorities have not been able to produce any assessment or studies mapping the more vulnerable areas and an analysis of dog behaviour in such areas. According to the 2022 guidelines of the Animal Welfare Board of India, the standard operating procedure in dog bite incidents includes assessment of the area and catching the dog and taking it to an animal care shelter, where it is observed for seven or more days. Activists and dog welfare organisations point out many factors responsible for dogs attacking humans with one of them being lack of monitoring of garbage disposal by meat shops. Dr Ranajit told Deccan Chronicle that slum areas were more prone to dog bites as there was no check on garbage in those areas.

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Dog that terrorised Balanagar caught
5 months, 1 week ago

Dog that terrorised Balanagar caught

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The dog that reportedly bit 16 people in a 1-km radius in Balanagar on Thursday has been caught and admitted in the animal care shelter in Kukatpally. “When I went for inspection, around 10 people came forward as victims of the dog bite,” said Dr K. Nagarjuna, veterinary officer, Kukatpally, GHMC. “The dog will be put under observation for …

Hyderabad: GHMC Plans Stray Dog Rehabilitation Centres on City Outskirts
5 months, 1 week ago

Hyderabad: GHMC Plans Stray Dog Rehabilitation Centres on City Outskirts

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: GHMC officials stated on Friday that the corporation would construct rehabilitation centres for strays, similar to dog pounds, on the city outskirts. The GHMC was responding to a directive from the Telangana High Court earlier in the day to examine the feasibility of establishing rehabilitation centres for stray dogs. The court also suggested that the corporation publicise the task …

Hyderabad: ‘Kill Dogs’ Proposal Invites Flak From Activists
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hyderabad: ‘Kill Dogs’ Proposal Invites Flak From Activists

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Dog lovers in the city fumed at the Forum for Good Governance’s suggestion to the state government to kill stray dogs to tackle the menace, on the lines of the government’s earlier permission to kill wild boars in Hakimpet. This was one of the recommendations of the forum at a high-level meeting called by the government and attended by …

GHMC Panel on Dogs Unsure of Its Existence
1 year ago

GHMC Panel on Dogs Unsure of Its Existence

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A committee that the GHMC formed under the BRS government, after a spate of dog bites, to come up with measures to curb incidents of rising number of dog bites in the city has remained on paper. They pointed out that the 25 suggestions that were given by the committee were duly approved but none has been implemented despite …

Activists fume after pictures of dead dogs at GHMC centre go viral
1 year, 8 months ago

Activists fume after pictures of dead dogs at GHMC centre go viral

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Animal lovers from the city are fuming at the photos of dead dogs at the animal birth control and anti-rabies programme centre of GHMC in Fathullaguda. Animal activists are in anguish after a photo of the dead dogs was posted on WhatsApp groups, including of Blue Cross. They do not give any proper information to animal activists.” Deccan Chronicle …

GHMC plans 26 steps to tackle strays
1 year, 9 months ago

GHMC plans 26 steps to tackle strays

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A GHMC committee that was constituted to control the dog menace after strays mauled a four-year-old child to death in Amberpet here last month, on Saturday submitted a report with 26 recommendations. The GHMC has 50 stray dog catching vehicles, and the committee said the corporation must hire 10 more along with staff to ensure that each of the …

Sanitation worker attacked by dog in Hyderabad
1 year, 10 months ago

Sanitation worker attacked by dog in Hyderabad

The Hindu  

A sanitation worker of the GHMC was seriously injured in a stray dog attack in the limits of Banjara Hills circle on Monday. According to the information obtained from the sanitation wing officials, Rameshwaramma, allotted to the Anand Nagar area, was going about her duty sweeping the roads in the early hours on Monday, when the dog attacked her. GHMC, …

GHMC announces Rs 8 lakh ex gratia to kin of dog bite victim
1 year, 10 months ago

GHMC announces Rs 8 lakh ex gratia to kin of dog bite victim

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The GHMC announced an ex gratia of Rs 8 lakh for the family of four-year-old M. Pradeep, who was mauled to death by stray dogs in Amberpet on February 21. Officials said the state government will pitch in Rs 6 lakh, while Rs 2 lakh will be given from the mayor’s fund, after the same was decided at an …

Lack of dog census leaves GHMC with poor handle on curbing stray menace
1 year, 10 months ago

Lack of dog census leaves GHMC with poor handle on curbing stray menace

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The GHMC claims of sterilising around 4.7 lakh dogs, without being gender specific, and estimating the presence of 1 lakh unsterilised dogs ring hollow as the civic body is yet to take up a dog census in the city. Lokesh Kumar stated 300 stray dogs were being sterilised per day, a report submitted to animal husbandry minister T. Srinivas …

GHMC ill-equipped to resolve complaints on stray dog menace
1 year, 10 months ago

GHMC ill-equipped to resolve complaints on stray dog menace

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Following the recent death of a four-year-old boy after he was attacked by a pack of stray dogs in Amberpet, the GHMC was flooded with 15,000 complaints regarding stray dog menace within 36 hours of the incident. They include shifting stray dogs to animal care centres, launching a special drive to ensure that meat shops don't violate waste disposal …

Officials to take up slew of measures to contain dog menace in Hyderabad
1 year, 10 months 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, …

Telangana HC blames GHMC officials in stray dogs attack on toddler incident
1 year, 10 months ago

Telangana HC blames GHMC officials in stray dogs attack on toddler incident

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: "Is your conscience not shaken,” the Telangana High Court asked GHMC authorities on Thursday during the first hearing of a suo motu petition on the incident where stray dogs mauled to death a four-year-old child Pradeep in Amberpet last week. Expressing dismay over the gruesome incident, Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji asked GHMC officials “What are …

Parties, citizens want Mayor Gadwal to submit resignation
1 year, 10 months ago

Parties, citizens want Mayor Gadwal to submit resignation

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: There are at least 89 stray dogs per km, according to a rough calculation that compares the number of stray dogs in the city to the number of kilometres. The civic authority recently conducted a survey that found over eight lakh stray dogs in the city yet, on paper, the nodal agency has been managing to neuter only 60,000 …

Hyderabad civic body holds high-level meeting to tackle stray dog menace
1 year, 10 months 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 …

Hyderabad mayor orders inquiry into killing of four-year-old Pradeep by stray dogs
1 year, 10 months ago

Hyderabad mayor orders inquiry into killing of four-year-old Pradeep by stray dogs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi on Tuesday directed GHMC officials to conduct an inquiry into the killing of four-year-old Pradeep by stray dogs in Amberpet. Talasani Srinivas Yadav, minister for animal husbandry, expressed his grief over the incident and said that a special meeting will be called on February 23 to discuss strategies to solve the stray dogs and monkeys …

GHMC to spend Rs 1,500 on every stray for vaccination, birth control operation
4 years ago

GHMC to spend Rs 1,500 on every stray for vaccination, birth control operation

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The GHMC has decided to spend Rs 1,500 on every stray dog for vaccination and birth control operations. After implementing a pilot project pertaining to Animal Birth Control & Anti Rabies Vaccination programmes in five wards, the GHMC has decided to extend it citywide. Following the Animal Welfare Board of India and Animal Birth Control Rules 2001, the civic …

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