CHENNAI: In a span of two months, the Tambaram Corporation's public health department captured 398 stray dogs and performed animal birth control (ABC) surgery on 383 dogs. Covering an area of 87.64 sq km, the Tambaram Corporation has around 80,000 dogs within its jurisdiction. Due to the absence of effective sterilisation programs, the stray dog population has seen an increase.A senior official said,...
MUMBAI: Animal welfare activists from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and other areas in Maharashtra have urged various bodies such as Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), and local and civic authorities of the temple town of Shirdi, Ahmednagar district, to ensure that the local stray dogs are not harmed or illegally relocated ahead of prime minister Narendra Modi's visit to Shirdi on October 26.Activists said...
BHUBANESWAR: Similipal Tiger Reserve authorities said with joint squad of forest and police personnel keeping a strict vigil on use of weapons by poachers, some instances of dogs being used by villagers to hunt animals has come to the fore.Use of hunting dogs for poaching is a traditional method and it has been found to be in practice in several sanctuaries in Odisha. In Similipal also, dogs were being...
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