(IN) Reports of a new chemosterilant being used in Chennai were premature

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It is not clear that permission from CPCSEA(committee for Control and Spervison

of Experiments on Animals), veterinary Council of India, Drug Controllor of

India aprt from AWBI has been taken or not.

Similar Chemical sterlant was developed by a Doctor of Haryana Agri.University

Hissar(Vety.College) he used chlorohexidine.

SKJ

 

Merritt Clifton <anmlpepl wrote:

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2007:

 

Reports of a new chemosterilant being used in Chennai were premature

 

CHENNAI--Tamil Nadu state health minister K.K.S.S.R.

Ramachandran on April 18, 2007 stirred hope worldwide that Tamil

Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University had developed a new and

better injectable chemosterilant for male dogs.

" Male dogs can be sterilized through injection of cadmium

chloride. This procedure is simpler than birth control surgery, "

Ramachandran told a Chennai workshop on rabies prevention and stray

dog control.

Ramachandran indicated that cadmium chloride injections would

soon be field-tested in Chennai by the local Animal Birth Control

programs. His remarks were amplified that evening by Sanjay Pinto of

NDTV, and by The Hindu, a Chennai-based nationally circulated

newspaper, the next morning.

That Chennai would be first to test a new chemosterilant

seemed plausible. The Blue Cross of India introduced the Animal

Birth Control program concept in 1964. In 1990 the Blue Cross of

India introduced a chemosterilant called Talsur that was promptly

withdrawn after injected dogs developed excessive scrotal swelling.

In 2005 the Blue Cross of India tested Neutersol, the first

chemosterilant licensed for U.S. use. Although Neutersol has long

been used successfully under similar conditions in Mexico, it failed

Indian scrutiny when some of the injected dogs developed scrotal

swelling reminiscent of the Talsur experiment.

But Blue Cross of India chair Chinny Krishna told ANIMAL

PEOPLE and fellow members of the Asian Animal Protection Network that

cadmium chloride is far from being ready for broad deployment, and

may never be an acceptable sterilization method.

" Cadium chloride works as any other corrosive, cell-killing

drug would work, " Krishna said. " It causes scar tissue to form and

then slough off, leaving the dog sterile. However, an unacceptable

level of pain and swelling results, as with most other

chemosterilants. Calcium chloride has been experimentally tried on

just six dogs, under lab conditions. No long-term study has been

made--no short-term study, even. "

Chennai municipal commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni told Kannal

Achuthan of The Hindu that the city estimates there are about 115,000

dogs at large, of whom about 75,000 (65%) are sterilized. The

municipal ABC program sterilizes about 10,000 dogs per year, of

about 13,000 per year who are impounded.

The success of the Chennai ABC program has encouraged the

Tamil Nadu state government and other cities in the state to start

parallel efforts.

Salem, for instance, with an estimated 5,925 street dogs

and 2,540 household pet dogs, and 1,800 reported bites in 2006, in

March 2007 introduced an ABC program.

" Health and veterinary authorities will sterilize and

vaccinate the street marauders and intern them for seven days in the

SPCA's Hasthampatti dog kennel for post-operative care, " said The

Hindu.

But Tamil Nadu has not been immune from the anti-dog furor

that hit the Bangalore and Hyderabad areas after recent fatal attacks.

" Dharmavaram municipality, Anantapur district, " in southern

Tamil Nadu, on April 14, 2007 " started killing dogs without any

reason or public complaint, " alleged Clementien Pauws of the

Anantapur-based Karuna Society Puttaparthi. " Approximately 200 dogs

were killed in three days, " Pauws said, among them many dogs who

had been sterilized by either the Karuna Society or another local ABC

program.

An ABC delegation to officials managed to stop the

Dharmavaram killing, but " The hysterics from Bangalore and

Hyderabad seem to be very infectious, serving different interests

and politics, " Pauws observed.

 

--

Merritt Clifton

Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE

P.O. Box 960

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On 4/28/07, Dr.Sandeep Kumar Jain <jeevdaya04 wrote:

>

> It is not clear that permission from CPCSEA(committee for Control and

> Spervison of Experiments on Animals), veterinary Council of India, Drug

> Controllor of India aprt from AWBI has been taken or not.

> Similar Chemical sterlant was developed by a Doctor of Haryana

> Agri.University Hissar(Vety.College) he used chlorohexidine.

> SKJ

>

> Merritt Clifton <anmlpepl <anmlpepl%40whidbey.com>> wrote:

> From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2007:

>

> Reports of a new chemosterilant being used in Chennai were premature

>

> CHENNAI--Tamil Nadu state health minister K.K.S.S.R.

> Ramachandran on April 18, 2007 stirred hope worldwide that Tamil

> Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University had developed a new and

> better injectable chemosterilant for male dogs.

> " Male dogs can be sterilized through injection of cadmium

> chloride. This procedure is simpler than birth control surgery, "

> Ramachandran told a Chennai workshop on rabies prevention and stray

> dog control.

> Ramachandran indicated that cadmium chloride injections would

> soon be field-tested in Chennai by the local Animal Birth Control

> programs. His remarks were amplified that evening by Sanjay Pinto of

> NDTV, and by The Hindu, a Chennai-based nationally circulated

> newspaper, the next morning.

> That Chennai would be first to test a new chemosterilant

> seemed plausible. The Blue Cross of India introduced the Animal

> Birth Control program concept in 1964. In 1990 the Blue Cross of

> India introduced a chemosterilant called Talsur that was promptly

> withdrawn after injected dogs developed excessive scrotal swelling.

> In 2005 the Blue Cross of India tested Neutersol, the first

> chemosterilant licensed for U.S. use. Although Neutersol has long

> been used successfully under similar conditions in Mexico, it failed

> Indian scrutiny when some of the injected dogs developed scrotal

> swelling reminiscent of the Talsur experiment.

> But Blue Cross of India chair Chinny Krishna told ANIMAL

> PEOPLE and fellow members of the Asian Animal Protection Network that

> cadmium chloride is far from being ready for broad deployment, and

> may never be an acceptable sterilization method.

> " Cadium chloride works as any other corrosive, cell-killing

> drug would work, " Krishna said. " It causes scar tissue to form and

> then slough off, leaving the dog sterile. However, an unacceptable

> level of pain and swelling results, as with most other

> chemosterilants. Calcium chloride has been experimentally tried on

> just six dogs, under lab conditions. No long-term study has been

> made--no short-term study, even. "

> Chennai municipal commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni told Kannal

> Achuthan of The Hindu that the city estimates there are about 115,000

> dogs at large, of whom about 75,000 (65%) are sterilized. The

> municipal ABC program sterilizes about 10,000 dogs per year, of

> about 13,000 per year who are impounded.

> The success of the Chennai ABC program has encouraged the

> Tamil Nadu state government and other cities in the state to start

> parallel efforts.

> Salem, for instance, with an estimated 5,925 street dogs

> and 2,540 household pet dogs, and 1,800 reported bites in 2006, in

> March 2007 introduced an ABC program.

> " Health and veterinary authorities will sterilize and

> vaccinate the street marauders and intern them for seven days in the

> SPCA's Hasthampatti dog kennel for post-operative care, " said The

> Hindu.

> But Tamil Nadu has not been immune from the anti-dog furor

> that hit the Bangalore and Hyderabad areas after recent fatal attacks.

> " Dharmavaram municipality, Anantapur district, " in southern

> Tamil Nadu, on April 14, 2007 " started killing dogs without any

> reason or public complaint, " alleged Clementien Pauws of the

> Anantapur-based Karuna Society Puttaparthi. " Approximately 200 dogs

> were killed in three days, " Pauws said, among them many dogs who

> had been sterilized by either the Karuna Society or another local ABC

> program.

> An ABC delegation to officials managed to stop the

> Dharmavaram killing, but " The hysterics from Bangalore and

> Hyderabad seem to be very infectious, serving different interests

> and politics, " Pauws observed.

>

> --

> Merritt Clifton

> Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE

> P.O. Box 960

> Clinton, WA 98236

>

> Telephone: 360-579-2505

> Fax: 360-579-2575

> E-mail: anmlpepl <anmlpepl%40whidbey.com>

> Web: www.animalpeoplenews.org

>

> [ANIMAL PEOPLE is the leading independent newspaper providing

> original investigative coverage of animal protection worldwide,

> founded in 1992. Our readership of 30,000-plus includes the

> decision-makers at more than 10,000 animal protection organizations.

> We have no alignment or affiliation with any other entity. $24/year;

> for free sample, send address.]

>

> Dr.Sandeep K.Jain

>

>

> SHOUT IT OUT! Tell everyone, from anywhere, that you're online on

> Messenger

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