Rs.70 lakhs to tackle stray dog menace

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, JUNE 3. The Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) has allocated Rs.70 lakhs to tackle the stray dog menace in the City, the Mayor Ms. Prema Cariappa, has said.

Speaking at the launch of Stray Dog Free Bangalore (SDFB) here on Sunday, Ms. Cariappa said the Government would grant 15 acres of land on the outskirts of the City to create a shelter for dogs.

Stray dogs were becoming a danger to residents of the City and their number was growing. Strict measures had to be taken jointly by the BMP, voluntary organisations and the public to curb this menace. Schoolchildren and commuters on two-wheelers were prone to be victims of dog bites as they were chased by groups of dogs. The Government and BMP had taken interest in this matter and would support the need for bringing down the dog population in Bangalore, she added.

Dr. C.V.Subramaniam, President of the new organisation that solicits elimination of dogs in the City, said their organisation was a ``genuine one with genuine objectives.'' Dogs could be kept as pets in houses but ownerless dogs that did not belong to anyone needed to be ``eliminated.''

Quoting statistics, Ms. Diana Bharucha, member of the organisation said that according to the figures collected from various hospitals in the City, Bangalore had as many as 6,000 dog bite cases per month. There were two lakh stray dogs in Bangalore and this figure was confirmed by the Mayor and former Director of World Wide Fund, Mr. M.K.Srinath.

Though the Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, states that adequate provision should be made for destruction of stray and ownerless dogs by the BMP, no such measures were taken, she added.

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