Fwd: important news from Avis lyons animal rescue kerla

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Just to clarify this newspaper article:

Kinakkuaitthala, where these 20 dogs are supposed to have been caught (and

presumably killed ) is part of the Venganoor area where ARK has a MOU. This is

the area where on 31/1/2008 the secretary of AWBI, Mr. Rajasekar, along with

Dr. Chinny Krishna of the Blue Cross and Mr. Babu of SPCA intervened to stop

the killing the night before a cull was intended to start.

Why has this been reported over 2 and a half months later , so have these

dogs been picked up since this date? We have contacted the reporter who said

that he was too busy to talk to ARK , we are trying to get an appointment with

the editor , we want answers.

I live in this area and have heard nothing about any body or any animal being

bitten by any rabid dog , this is a small area where every body knows everything

that is happening , so I certainly would have been informed if rabid dogs were

running around. .

The Secretary of the Panchayat has told me that no dog would be killed wilst

he is in power , so what has happened?

 

Avis Lyons (founder and director of ARK)

 

English translation from Malaylam newspaper:

MALAYA MANORAMA 20 04 08

Rabid dog menace is at its peak stage in places like Sisilipuram,

Kattachalkuzhi, Mulluvila and Chavadinada which come under Venganoor Panchayat

area. Many people and domestic animals got bitten.

 

Those who got bitten are Beena, her nine year old Anupama, Sreekumar

Kanikkudithala and three goats have also been bitten around the area. Around 100

dogs and other domestic animals have also been bitten. Although people have

killed the rabid dogs they are worried about the domestic animals that have been

bitten,

 

The Panchayat had bought dog catchers from Alleppy and they caught as many as

20 dogs, but some people from Kovalam area threatening the Panchayat against the

killing. The officials said the threat was on the basis of the M O U signed

between the Panchayat and a foreign lady, during the last Panchayat governing

body. The foreign lady, who has been staying in Kovalam for years, claims she

has vaccinated and sterilised dogs in this area.

 

Last year when the Health Department from the Corporation tried to catch dogs

from the Kovalam area, a group of people attacked them, and some of them were

foreign. The police took a case and no action was taken.

 

In the Panchayat areas like Vizinjam and Karumkulam the street dog menace is

on the rise. An infant died of dog bite and the last incident was Reshme a girl

student who died last week in Karumkulam Panchayat.

 

 

 

 

Note: forwarded message attached.

 

 

 

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