Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules Tag

Given the ‘information’ flying thick and fast about BBMP’s stand on aggressive dogs it is timely to see this communique from the Chairman of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) to BBMP and all NGOs working to support the ABC program in Bangalore. It has been previously reported that BBMP has attempted to make a case of putting down a supposedly ‘aggressive’ dog abandoned at one of its NGO’s facilities.  The Times of India has alleged in a newspaper report on 19 Oct 2012 that  the affidavit submitted byRead More

Kerala is still killing stray dogs, against the law Since British times, Municipal Corporations (equivalent of a City Council) through acts in local cities or states municipalities were allowed to capture and kill stray animals, including dogs, as a method of population and rabies control. In 2001 however with an act of Parliament the law changed. The Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules, 2001, were enacted by Parliament under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960; and these envisage that in order to control street dog population, and to control the threat ofRead More