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Earlier articles focused on the condition of strays kept at the GHMC Autonagar pound, there was a story about the condition on monekys too, but we had learnt aht all the monkeys from the GHMC pounds had been released. On a Sunday evening the volunteer/ investigators arrived at GHMC Autonagar after the scores of self congratularyly material that has been floated by the GHMC administration and some self confessed animal lovers, clearly on the behest of the GHMC and the administration. All these ‘improvements’ pointed to new OT’s and painted cages.Read More

There are many arguments one has read about how stray dogs in the urban environment ‘can’t coexist with people’. There’s no space – they attack kids – they make the place dirty. And the solution depending from whom you listen to, ranges from kills all of them – to – humanely euthanize them – to – ‘remove’ them and dump them outside the city. Reflecting this common thought even BBMP sought to implead itself in a Supreme Court case asking for dogs with mange or those deemed aggressive to beRead More

Note: For those who may not know CUPA is Compassion Unlimited Plus Action. No kidding. This article is a study of CUPA’s method of capturing dogs for ABC programs in Bangalore. This is the only method they practice and it is practiced daily, and has been practiced daily for the last 10+ years. No other ABC Center in Bangalore practices this method. Free classes available every morning at CUPA vans 6 days a week.   Disclaimer: The use of the word ‘bitch’ is not meant as derogatory but only for itsRead More

Article by Rakesh Shukla: It started with Sita. On a cold rainy miserable night more than an year back Sita found her scared way into the gates of the community I stay in. Sita was a wrong ABC drop in our locality and took refuge within the large gates of what she felt was safety from the large no of strays on the road. Much to the dismay of the security guards & residents. But inside too she was scared witless and would being chased by the security guards and she’dRead More

Emaciated & maggot ridden – you call this alive! We carried a rescue story by Rinky Karmakar just the other day. Here’s another one – equally heartbreaking, and then some. This baby did not not make it. This little girl was found about 1200hrs in front of the AWS Kapaswadi facility on 10 Sept (Sat) by Amit Pathak. On checking Amit and Rinky found that:Read More

Rinky Karmakar knows a thing or two about stray dogs, and stray dog rescue. She’s been at it for years. In Andheri where she lives right across from AWS’s Kapaswadi ABC facility Rinky, and the people around, there know the apathetic conditions of the dogs. Its an open secret that the dogs brought in for ABC  and found diseased or injured (for the most part in the hearless business of dogs – damaged goods – which can’t generate revenue and cost too much to ‘return’ to the place of collection)Read More

This account is of AWS visit by “The Voice of Stray Dogs” on 9 Sept 2011. ABC rule allows dogs to be brought in on complaints from residents/ citizens if the dogs is attacking or is described as a ‘furious’ dog. The dogs have to be released at the same location after observation. An earlier feature here showed small puppies being kept in AWS kennels – captured against complaints of being ‘aggressive’. And now you can see the frivolous grounds on which citizens are complaining and of dogs being pickedRead More

Note: The Voice of Stray Dogs ‘audit’ is carried out by our volunteers without any prior information to either the NGO or BBMP to correctly verift the level of execution of ABC. This is the first time The Voice of Stray Dogs visited this particular ABC center.  AWS, ARF, Sarvodaya’s ABC Centers have been visited before, Audit found the facility to be satisfactory overall, with higher than norm standards in surgery whereas kennels was a concern area. The findings were:Read More

The Voice of Stray dogs has brought out 2 previous reports on the abysmal conditions & horrific treatement meted out to strays dogs at the AWS facilities. These can be seen as the 1st report on AWB Bangalore & 2nd report in AWS Bangalore. But clearly in-spite of all the evidence gathering, reporting and submissions publicly, to BBMP to AWBI nothing has changed at AWS Bangalore – where the work of systematic cruelty goes on unabated. AWS has no regard for the AWBI SOP, BBMP or in the least the strays dogs. AndRead More

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 CommissionerRead More