Reuters report on Bangalore dog killings

March 8, 2007

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Stray dogs in Bangalore being killed

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BANGALORE (Reuters) - Authorities have vowed to kill many of the estimated

56,000 stray dogs in the technology hub of Bangalore after two children were

mauled to death, an official said on Tuesday.

A four-year-old boy was killed by dogs earlier this month and in January a

pack of dogs savaged to death an eight-year-old girl while she was playing,

L.T. Gayatri, chief health officer of the city municipal corporation, said.

" The operation to catch and cull ferocious and sick stray dogs is going on, "

Gayatri said. " It's a one month intensive operation and we hope to check

this menace very soon. "

Gayatri said in the past two days, 468 dogs have been caught and some of

them have been killed.

Bangalore is home to more than 1,500 top global and Indian IT firms. Most

city residents welcomed the drive.

" I am all for it, " said software executive M. Ramya.

" You face this stray dog menace everywhere in Bangalore. In the morning,

when I leave for office, I have been chased by dogs. It's really very, very

scary. "

Animal rights activists said authorities in Bangalore, which is facing a

serious infrastructure crunch, should focus on cleaning up the city and on

mass sterilisation of stray dogs instead of killing them.

" What is happening on the ground is indiscriminate slaughter of dogs, "

activist Suparna Ganguly said. " We are against this. "

Stray dogs are a regular sight on the streets of many Indian cities and in

rural areas, often seen chasing pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles.

March 8, 2007

Does Rules under ABC rules to tackle ferocious dogs and Rabid dogs are Followed

in Banglore?Do they Involve reps from AWOs?What AWBI is saying?

Dr.Sandeep K Jain

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