Guest guest Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 a.. Date:09/03/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/03/09/stories/2007030925360300.htm -- Karnataka - Bangalore Governor unhappy with culling of dogs Swathi Shivanand BANGALORE: Condemning the move to indiscriminately cull street dogs in Bangalore and Mysore, Governor T.N. Chaturvedi on Tuesday sent a strongly worded letter to Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy asking for a scientific approach to deal with the issue of street dogs. In the letter, a copy of which was released to the press, the Governor said, " The real thing is that for the last two or three decades, the municipal authorities and the government departments concerned have obviously failed in the discharge of their responsibilities in this regard or indifferent and this is the cumulative result. " Mr. Chaturvedi said he was particularly exasperated that the corporation employees did not know how to dispose of the carcasses of the dogs. Terming the move by Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike and Mysore City Corporation to kill dogs as a " knee jerk reaction " , he said, " as in human beings, population control is a long term process, but the beginning has to be imaginative, steady, sustained and adequately monitored. " Stating that it was " churlish " to pitch the matter as between the value of the life of human being and dogs, Mr. Chaturvedi said that all life was precious and that there must be harmony and balance in nature. Calling for some thinking on the part of the civic authorities, he has said, " even when emotions are aroused in a situation, it is for the authorities to keep their cool and find a middle path, which will yield some fruitful reasons. " Censure After widespread criticism of the BBMP on its lack of planning with regard to housing the dogs and inefficient dogcatchers, the Chief Minister reportedly directed the officials to not reveal to the media details about the civic body's dog catching drive. " We have been told not to state how many dogs we have caught because there have been questions raised about the manner in which we are going about it, " sources said. Ashok's directive Health Minister R. Ashok has directed BBMP officials to transfer health officer (East) Mala Ramachandran on charge of dereliction of duty. © Copyright 2000 - 2006 The Hindu - Weintraub aapn Cc: Savitha Nagabhushan Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:49 PM B'glore/dogs-The Hindu 2 articles March 9 Date:09/03/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/03/09/stories/2007030925420300.htm ------------------------- Karnataka - Bangalore Carcasses of dogs dumped with garbage on outskirts Afshan Yasmeen The Hinduteam finds BBMP staff loading carcasses onto garbage trucks ------------------------- a.. Carcasses pushed into large plastic sacks and loaded on to trucks a.. Health official pleads ignorance about destination of trucks ------------------------- NO MERCY: Carcasses of stray dogs lying in a heap at one of the BBMP sites in Bangalore on Thursday. - Photo: Sampath Kumar G.P. BANGALORE: It may not be a surprise to learn that most of the stray dogs caught by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) these days are put to sleep. But what is happening to the carcasses? They are being clandestinely loaded on to garbage lorries and dumped on the city's outskirts along with solid waste. BBMP officials, unable to accommodate hundreds of stray canines rounded up during the ongoing drive, are exterminating the dogs and dumping their carcasses along with garbage. According to sources at the dog pounds, the canines are either electrocuted or injected with poison. This is happening especially in the BBMP's East Zone. The method of disposal is posing a health hazard to villages near the dumping yards. The villagers, who have always complained about the unbearable stench of the garbage dumped there, are now protesting. With private garbage contractors refusing to transport the carcasses, the civic body is using its own garbage lorries for the purpose. A team from The Hindu was prevented on Thursday from entering the dog pound behind the BBMP's housing quarters for economically weaker sections in Koramangala. On noticing that dogs from the pound were being taken to the BBMP's dysfunctional hot-mix plant situated across the road, the team sneaked into the premises and found heaps of dog carcasses there. The carcasses were pushed into large plastic sacks and loaded on to closed garbage lorries. According to one of the lorry drivers, the carcasses are put into trucks half laden with garbage. They are then covered with garbage from another truck. " This will hide the carcasses even after the waste is unloaded in the yards, " the driver said. He refused to reveal the dumping destination. Residents of Haalanayakanahalli and Churasandra on Sarjapur Road and Garudacharpalya near Budigere Cross on Hoskote Road, who noticed the carcasses being unloaded with the waste, stopped four trucks from doing that. H.S. Anil Kumar, a resident of Haalnayakanahalli, said he noticed that 15 carcasses were dumped in a quarry pit behind Mata Amritanandamayi College on Sarjapur Road on Wednesday. " We immediately stopped the lorry and made the workers bury the dogs in another pit, " he told The Hindu . R. Gajendra and S. Lokesh from Churasandra said they stopped four lorries on Thursday. The BBMP's Chief Health Officer, L.T. Gayatri Devi, refuted the charge that dogs were being killed. But Mala Ramchandra, Health Officer, East Zone, said dogs were being culled after veterinary doctors examined them. Asked whether these dogs were being disposed of along with garbage, she said, " We are deep-burying the culled ones. But I do not know where it is being done. " © Copyright 2000 - 2006 The Hindu a.. - Savitha Nagabhushan Bangalore Hindu reporting on merciless killing of dogs and disposing the bodies.And governor's message Dear all please find attached today's Hindu .News on Dog culling.Excellent job by The Hindu Reporters. Regards Savitha -- Savitha Nagabhushan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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