The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Checking canine population

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Checking canine population

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Six years after the Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme was launched by the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike and four non-governmental organisations, animal rights organisations claim the number of stray dogs has declined considerably.

The multi-pronged approach of mass sterilisation, vaccination against rabies, adoptions and removal of only unfit stray dogs under the programme has shown a decrease of their population by 21 per cent between 2000 and 2003. The programme has enabled removal of animals from the streets that are permanently disabled, diseased or have a record of biting or chasing people.

Honorary vice-president of CUPA Suparna Ganguly says there has been no rabies death within Bangalore city limits since the last four years.

Stating that the street dog population has stabilised in Bangalore, Dileep Bafna of Animal Rights Fund said that though the city has expanded in terms of geographical area and population, the dog population has come down.

He claimed that the number of street dogs in the city has declined from the peak two lakh in 2005 to around 57,000 at present following the ABC intervention.

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