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`221 dogs put to sleep after examination'

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Reacting to the report "Carcasses of dogs dumped with garbage on outskirts" that appeared in these columns on Friday, the BBMP, in a press release, said that 221 dogs were put to sleep after being certified diseased by veterinarians.

Based on complaints , health officials of the civic body caught 1,297 dogs, and of these 221 were culled, the release stated. The photograph of the carcasses in these columns pertained to Shivajinagar range where 99 dogs were caught. Of these, 18 were certified as diseased by doctors at the Government Veterinary Hospital and were put to sleep.

"These carcasses were transported in a separate vehicle for deep burial," the release added.

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