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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