Hate to mention the obvious, but stray dogs are animals. They do not think like humans, they don’t know logic, they aren’t operating with a conscience. They are simply trying to survive.
A team from the municipal corporation has been tasked with rounding up stray cows and dogs and relocating them to the civic body’s shelter house, located 20 km away from the city.
Animal Welfare Officer Dr Ajay Kumar Singh says Agra civic body plans to rope in private agency that will aim to vaccinate 250-300 dogs per day, and make pet registration mandatory.
The WhatsApp group with more than 200 volunteers, emerged during G20 when the civic body was rounding up strays. It has redirected its resources this festive season.
In order disposing of 193 petitions, the HC also issues guidelines for compensation with respect to accidents and incidents that occur due to animals on public roads.
In a posh area in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority, strays have suddenly vanished, and residents are claiming that they have been culled by the municipal body.
MCD's alleged mishandling of dogs before G20 puts a spotlight on issues plaguing civic body's animal control programme. Even court says Delhi's 'stray dog menace' needs urgent resolution.
PFA trustee Gauri Maulekhi says improper methods used to pick up the dogs and none of them were tagged, which increases risk of bite cases since the dogs might get relocated.
Municipal Corporation of Delhi says allegations are 'highly exaggerated'. Animals activists, feeders say MCD drive a 'betrayal' since it comes after action plan on the same was scrapped.
Citizen scientists from The Grassland Trust collaborated with researchers from Bengaluru-based National Centre for Biological Sciences. Findings published in Ecology and Evolution journal.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
Such an amazing read ,more of such awareness creating articles should make place on the journals daily👏 being a community animal caregiver myself I am so tired & frustrated to read articles each & everyday with the headline ” stray dog menace” , some utter irresponsible scare mongers keep spreading hatred for these voiceless animals. Being absolutely ignorant of the damage they are doing by spreading misinformation in the society. I am thankful to the writer for such a meaningful & logical article which reflects the point of view of an animal too…they too are living being. Stop calling stray animals a menace, no one is bigger menace than humans on this planet.
Good to read that someone is presenting the point of view of an animal. Strerilisation and feeding program are indeed the only solutions to reduce community dogs population and reduce agression amongst them and make them human friendly.
This is a well-balanced article and points to the most important solution for stray dog population reduction which is sterilisation. An NGO organisation called Canine Control and Care has been doing consistent sterilisation in Pune city for 10 years and the last report by Pune Corporation shows 42.8%!! Only a lac of dogs are left on the streets and most are healthy strays. This clearly proves that their population can be controlled and managed well with sterilisation.
The British were killing stray dogs for hundreds of years in India still today we have so many dogs! This is because culling dogs does not reduce their population – the dogs that escape the cull will continue to breed and population increases again.
Do you know India has the highest pet abandonment rate – where do you think all the stray dogs come of the streets? It is the stupid dog owners who abandon dogs for smallest of reasons as dogs are owned for status and not because they love that animal.
India needs steriliastion for stray dogs and cats on war footing – this is the best solution for permanent control of stray dog population.
Gitanjali Das – hats off to you and The Print for printing this solid article backed by science and not fear of stray dogs. Thank you.
good to read and understood reality…been following u from many days and this one earns more respect from me. kudos to your work. all the best to u and your type people.
That’s the irony of being human …..humans are powerful dominating nd selfish beings nd they are at no 1 to misuse their intellectual nd power both ……if you think euthanizing someone who Chase you bite you or dirty your surroundings is the solution to all these problems then be honest nd have one policy for all …..let’s start euthanizing all those who Chase humans rape them kill them burn them shoot them alive blast them for no reason be it an animal or a human why all these trials in courts why waste your money time nd energy ????
An interesting article, but I am afraid that stray dogs in India are a menace. We have been hearing of sterilization as a solution to this forever now, but let’s face it the (local) governments will never get their acts together on this. So, I feel that the rights of humans must also be protected. For example, to the best of my knowledge, in most places in the U.S., if a dog attacks and injures a human, it is euthanized. On the other hand, in India, from what I understand, even mad dogs cannot be culled. Surely, this is not right.
Such an amazing read ,more of such awareness creating articles should make place on the journals daily👏 being a community animal caregiver myself I am so tired & frustrated to read articles each & everyday with the headline ” stray dog menace” , some utter irresponsible scare mongers keep spreading hatred for these voiceless animals. Being absolutely ignorant of the damage they are doing by spreading misinformation in the society. I am thankful to the writer for such a meaningful & logical article which reflects the point of view of an animal too…they too are living being. Stop calling stray animals a menace, no one is bigger menace than humans on this planet.
Good to read that someone is presenting the point of view of an animal. Strerilisation and feeding program are indeed the only solutions to reduce community dogs population and reduce agression amongst them and make them human friendly.
Loved your piece.
This is a well-balanced article and points to the most important solution for stray dog population reduction which is sterilisation. An NGO organisation called Canine Control and Care has been doing consistent sterilisation in Pune city for 10 years and the last report by Pune Corporation shows 42.8%!! Only a lac of dogs are left on the streets and most are healthy strays. This clearly proves that their population can be controlled and managed well with sterilisation.
The British were killing stray dogs for hundreds of years in India still today we have so many dogs! This is because culling dogs does not reduce their population – the dogs that escape the cull will continue to breed and population increases again.
Do you know India has the highest pet abandonment rate – where do you think all the stray dogs come of the streets? It is the stupid dog owners who abandon dogs for smallest of reasons as dogs are owned for status and not because they love that animal.
India needs steriliastion for stray dogs and cats on war footing – this is the best solution for permanent control of stray dog population.
Gitanjali Das – hats off to you and The Print for printing this solid article backed by science and not fear of stray dogs. Thank you.
good to read and understood reality…been following u from many days and this one earns more respect from me. kudos to your work. all the best to u and your type people.
That’s the irony of being human …..humans are powerful dominating nd selfish beings nd they are at no 1 to misuse their intellectual nd power both ……if you think euthanizing someone who Chase you bite you or dirty your surroundings is the solution to all these problems then be honest nd have one policy for all …..let’s start euthanizing all those who Chase humans rape them kill them burn them shoot them alive blast them for no reason be it an animal or a human why all these trials in courts why waste your money time nd energy ????
An interesting article, but I am afraid that stray dogs in India are a menace. We have been hearing of sterilization as a solution to this forever now, but let’s face it the (local) governments will never get their acts together on this. So, I feel that the rights of humans must also be protected. For example, to the best of my knowledge, in most places in the U.S., if a dog attacks and injures a human, it is euthanized. On the other hand, in India, from what I understand, even mad dogs cannot be culled. Surely, this is not right.