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Dog owners were asked to collect a special card from the municipal office

to protect their dogs from being killed and were instructed to keep their dogs

indoors during the culling operation.

 

Date:11/03/2007 URL:

http://www.thehindu.com/2007/03/11/stories/2007031106690500.htm

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Karnataka - Others

 

Drive launched against stray dogs, 200 killed

 

Staff Correspondent

 

The drive launched on Friday aims to kill 1,000 stray dogs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAPPED: Stray dogs being caught as part of a culling operation in

Chitradurga on Saturday.

 

 

Chitradurga: Following the directions of the district administration, the

civic authorities started culling stray dogs in the city on Friday. Since then

nearly 200 dogs have been killed.

 

The sources in the district administration said thought the operation is

carried out every year, this year the issue had gained importance in view of

instances in Bangalore where children were killed by a pack of dogs.

 

The civic authorities have hired four experts from Kerala to kill the

dogs. An official said the experts inject the dogs with poison, which results in

speedy death. It takes just 30 seconds to one minute for the dog to die. About a

week ago, the public was informed about the culling operation.

 

Dog owners were asked to collect a special card from the municipal office

to protect their dogs from being killed and were instructed to keep their dogs

indoors during the culling operation.

 

The operation is being carried out in areas where there are a large number

of mutton and chicken shop. The authorities are giving priority to areas from

where complaints have been received about the dog menace. According to a rough

estimate, the city has over 2,000 stray dogs and the administration has decided

to cull at least 1,000 dogs in the next four days. Last year over 600 dogs were

killed.

 

Mild resistance

 

 

The official said barring mild resistance from some people, most were in

favour of the operation.

 

When asked why the authorities chose to kill the dogs rather than adopt

the Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme, he said they had been ordered to kill

ferocious dogs.

 

However, the ABC programme would be adopted in the coming days, as at

present there were no experts to carry out the programme, he added.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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