Bombay gears up to kill all stray dogs

[Guest guest]

Have had a telephonic conversation with Mr. Abodh of 'Welfare of Stray

Dogs', Mumbai. He says the BMC authorities cannot just go to the

Supreme Court unless the Mumbai High Court comes out with an order to

the case which still lies pending in the court.

 

So there is no need to panic at the moment.

 

I am told that eminent Supreme Court advocates are eagerly waiting any

order of the Hon'ble High Court to be challenged if it goes against

the rights of the Dogs.

 

Azam

 

 

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> Published on Friday , July 06, 2007 at 18:10 in Nation section

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> Tags: Stray Dogs, Bangalore

> E-mail this report | Print this reportMumbai: All stray dogs should be

> killed as a long-term solution, Brihan Mumbai Corporation chief Jayraj

> Pathak has said. The BMC in fact plans to put forth a proposal to the High

> Court and then the Supreme Court on the issue.

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> According to unofficial figures Mumbai has around 2 lakh stray dogs. Drawing

> a comparison to Singapore, Jayraj Pathak said in order to get rid of the

> stray dog problem once and for all, stray dogs should be killed as done in

> Singapore. He further added that killing of stray dogs is not a new exercise

> since dogs were killed in Mumbai from 1983 to 1994.

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> " We should kill stray dogs as a long term solution. We will be putting forth

> a proposal to the high court and then to the Supreme Court, " said Pathak.

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> However, the move is likely to create a stir among the animal rights

> activists who slam killing of the stray animals as 'inhuman'.

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> The effectiveness of such mass culling has also been questioned time and

> again, since mostly such exercises have failed in controlling the dog stray

> population.

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> " Killing dogs is not the solution to control their population. A

> sterilization programme is the only way to tackle the stray dog numbers.

> Killing them is an inhuman practice and in fact turns a failure when it

> comes to controlling their population on a long-term basis, " Editor of The

> Pioneer Chandan Mitra said.

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> The Municipal authorities in Bangalore had two months back carried on a

> similar culling programme, which invited much criticism from the animal

> rights activists. Footage of dogs beaten to death, buried alive,

> electrocuted and worst, left with slit throat was aired by various TV

> channels, which gave way to a campaign against culling by animal lovers.

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