One of the best ways to ensure that stray dogs are treated in the manner prescribed by Indian laws, is to have effective monitoring of the ABC program. The problem always has been the opacity of the process of monitoring which is seen as the elitist preserve of bureaucrats, government officials and AWO’s running ABC programs etc. This changed through the amendment of the ABC rules, essentially allowing individuals and organizations engaged in animal welfare to participate and make it more effective. Steps you should take immediately in your city: Since the Municipal Commissioner
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For the stray dog Hell in Hyderabad, there’s also a Heaven there! For a GHMC, a Mission Saromayo! For a Hyderabad Mayor/CVO a Mr R. K. Roy! Mr Roy has lived with his 52 four legged friends dogs in West Marredpally, Secunderabad for many years. His doors were always open to community dogs, distressed dogs and puppies brought from all over the city. But they were always short of space. Today Mr R K Roy shifts to his 4 acre home made exclusively for dogs a little distance away from Hyderabad, which is open to
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A set of volunteers including Anshu from Hyderabad visited 3 GHMC pounds unannounced in early June 2011. What the team found was shocking. While GHMC Jeedimetla was a decent pound, covered and there was food and water for the animals, the pounds at GHMC Amberpet and GHMC Autonagar were a whole different story. This was observed:
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Some volunteers visited the GHMC Autonagar pound yesterday. It was essential to see the facility in the backdrop of a high level meeting on the condition of the pound due on 6th Sept 2011 in Hyderabad, and with the Mayor, GHMC officials as well as the CVO maintaining that all the reporting is incorrect and nothing is amiss! It can be clearly seen that in ‘preparation of the AWBI visit on 6th Sept, GHMC is dressing up the facility. It was clear just from the fact that the entire staff
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These pictures are from GHMC Jeedimetla, GHMC Amberpet and GHMC Autonagar pounds taken in June & July of 2011 on several occasions. We could not verify the origin and date each picture (unlike the other articles by The Voice of Stray Dogs) – but we’re publishing since we think its important for people to know that the issue at the forefront wrt GHMC Autonagar is neither isolated nor being reported for the 1st time.
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