Guest guest Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2009: Kerala capital to obey Indian dog law? THIRUVANATHAPURAM--Three years of defiance of the Indian national dog policy may be at an end in Thiruvanathapuram, the capital city of Kerala state. Both The Hindu and the Indian Express on April 25, 2009 reported that mayor C. Jayan Babu on April 3 reluctantly suspended killing street dogs after receiving notice from the Animal Welfare Board of India that the program violates a December 2008 ruling by the Supreme Court of India. From the ruling until obliged to stop, the Indian Express said, the Babu administration paid 18 dogcatchers two and a half times the previous rate per dog caught. Seeking to continue the killing, Kerala State Human Rights Commission chair N. Dhinakar and the Ombudsman for Municiplalities in March 2009 directed the city to stop " stray dog menace " and expedite " disposal of stray dogs. " Indian national policy mandates sterilizing dogs, rather than killing them for population control. Municipalities are directed to conduct Animal Birth Control programs following the Animal Welfare Board protocol, or to hire nonprofit agencies to do the job. The AWBI allows ABC programs to euthanize dogs who are ill, injured, or dangerous. Animal Rescue Kerala in September 2006 trained 25 dogcatchers to participate in a purported Thiruvanatha-puram ABC program, but the program turned out to be a ruse for killing dogs under the ABC exemption. Purebred dogs were spared and sold, alleged R.Abhed Kiran Kandamath of the Bhima Club. Animal Rescue Kerala founder Avis Lyons contested the Thiruvanathapuram policy, but in April 2007 the Kerala High Court authorized the city to continue killing dogs. Kerala state minister for local self-government Paloli Mohammed Kutty then " directed the heads of local self-government institutions to take effective steps to end the stray dog menace before May, " The Hindu reported. -- Merritt Clifton Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE P.O. Box 960 Clinton, WA 98236 Telephone: 360-579-2505 Fax: 360-579-2575 E-mail: anmlpepl 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.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 --- On Fri, 1/5/09, iarkerala <iarkerala wrote: > iarkerala <iarkerala > Re: Kerala capital to obey Indian dog law? > " aapn .com " <aapn > > Friday, 1 May, 2009, 2:45 PM > Dear Sir > This is wrong, the high court did NOT say that > Trivandrum could continue killing (in April 2007), In fact > the corporation said in the high court on 4Th Sept 2007 that > they were doing the ABC/ar programme ,which is totally > untrue. > We have a ongoing case against the corporation from > Jan 2007 and we have a contempt order against the > Corporation in High Court that will come up after the > summer recess at the end of this month, in fact both cases > are due to be heard by the end of this month. > Killing the dogs with poison (we believe cyanide ) > is,and always has been totally illegal .The vet > volunteers are killing the dogs ,no vet is present. We > have photos to prove this. > THE CORPORATION HAVE KILLED OVER 29,500 > DOGS ,ACCORDING TO > ITS OWN ADMISSION IN THIS CRUEL BARBARIC WAY. (written in > the > press) > We have a right to information in which they admit > to killing nearly 8000 dogs,and they admit that the > incidence of rabies has been nil since 2006. > The corporation has stated so many things in the press - > total contradictions. > They need to be monitored ,and the ABC/AR programme needs > to be set up in the way the law says it should before I, > for one, will believe they are doing > the ABC/AR programme set out in the 2001 rules. > Avis lyons www.animalrescuekerala.org > > --- On Thu, 30/4/09, Merritt Clifton <anmlpepl > wrote: > > > Merritt Clifton <anmlpepl > Kerala capital to obey Indian dog law? > aapn > Thursday, 30 April, 2009, 9:34 AM > > From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2009: > > Kerala capital to obey Indian dog law? > > THIRUVANATHAPURAM- -Three years of defiance of the Indian > national dog policy may be at an end in Thiruvanathapuram, > the > capital city of Kerala state. > Both The Hindu and the Indian Express on April 25, 2009 > reported that mayor C. Jayan Babu on April 3 reluctantly > suspended > killing street dogs after receiving notice from the Animal > Welfare > Board of India that the program violates a December 2008 > ruling by > the Supreme Court of India. > From the ruling until obliged to stop, the Indian Express > said, the Babu administration paid 18 dogcatchers two and a > half > times the previous rate per dog caught. > Seeking to continue the killing, Kerala State Human Rights > > Commission chair N. Dhinakar and the Ombudsman for > Municiplalities in > March 2009 directed the city to stop " stray dog menace " and > expedite > " disposal of stray > dogs. " > Indian national policy mandates sterilizing dogs, rather > than killing them for population control. Municipalities > are > directed to conduct Animal Birth Control programs following > the > Animal Welfare Board protocol, or to hire nonprofit > agencies to do > the job. > The AWBI allows ABC programs to euthanize dogs who are ill, > > injured, or dangerous. Animal Rescue Kerala in September > 2006 > trained 25 dogcatchers to participate in a purported > Thiruvanatha- puram ABC program, but the program turned out > to be a > ruse for killing dogs under the ABC exemption. Purebred > dogs were > spared and sold, alleged R.Abhed Kiran Kandamath of the > Bhima Club. > Animal Rescue Kerala founder Avis Lyons contested the > Thiruvanathapuram policy, but in April 2007 the Kerala High > Court > authorized the city to continue killing dogs. Kerala state > minister > for local self-government Paloli Mohammed Kutty then > " directed the > heads of > local self-government institutions to take effective steps > > to end the stray dog menace before May, " The Hindu > reported. > > -- > Merritt Clifton > Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE > P.O. Box 960 > Clinton, WA 98236 > > Telephone: 360-579-2505 > Fax: 360-579-2575 > E-mail: anmlpepl (AT) whidbey (DOT) com > Web: www.animalpeoplenew s.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.] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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