(IN) Please write to the KeralaChief Secretary

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The Chief Secretary

 

Govt. of Kerala

 

Sir,

 

Sub: Judicial ban on killing of stray dogs through means other than

prescribed in the Central Animal Birth Control Rules 2001.

 

Ref: Supreme Court judgment dated 24-12 2008 in SLP © 69 of 2009 banning

killing of stray dogs in India.

 

The Hon. Supreme Court of India in the judgment referred above has

effectively banned all sorts of killing or slaughter of stray dogs using

methods other than prescribed in the ABC Rules 2001 in India.

 

In the light of the above judgment, I feel the recent circular issued by the

Govt. of Kerala permitting all state local bodies to hike and fix the

charges for dogcatchers to catch and kill a stray dog @ Rs. 50/- is a

violation of the provisions in the ABC Rules 2001 and amounts to contempt of

court in the light of the judgment of the Hon. Supreme Court of India.

 

I request you to look into it and revoke/review the circular issued by the

Govt. of Kerala at the earliest; so that acts amounting to violation of

Rules and contempt of court do not take place.

 

Thanking you

 

Yours faithfully,

 

A.G Babu.

 

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