GHMC is looking for a 2-acre site
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Hyderabad: Faced with the menace of an increasing stray dog population, the GHMC is on the lookout for a two-acre site in the city outskirts to set up several dog pounds where the animals can be sterilised.
Presently, the GHMC has five birth control centres in each of its five zones and in each centre there is one dog pound. All the dogs caught, adult or puppies, are put in the same pound.
However, five centres are not enough for a population of six lakh stray dogs. An official from the veterinary department said, the birth control cum anti-rabies programme recommended by the Animal Welfare Board of India is being carried out at all five centres. The rabid dogs, terminally ill dogs and fatally injured dogs are only put to sleep under the supervision of a qualified veterinarian.
Presently the GHMC has sufficient expertise for the implementation of the programme. However keeping in mind the growing number of dogs the corporation is looking out for a large site where a full-fledged ABC centre can be set up with more dog pounds. It is also looking for sites were rabid dogs can be buried.
Once a considerable number of dogs are sterilised, the good results will be noticed by people. For each circle, one dog van with a dog catching team is to be provided, they added.
Stray dog injures 7 in Karimnagar:
As many as seven persons, including three women, sustained injuries when a stray dog went berserk and attacked them at Katkuru village of Bheemdeverapalli mandal on Saturday.
The injured included Ullengula Venkatesh, Sadula Laxmi, Sadula Susheela, Gaddam Praveen, Gollena Sammaiah, Tammu Rajitha and Pasula Rajita. They were admitted to a privatehospital in Mulkanoor village. The villagers killed the dog. Of late, dog menace has become a challenge in many parts of the district. At least 10 cows died of rabies after being bitten by stray dogs in Akunuru village and nearby hamlets in Saidapur, three months ago.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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