Respite in sight from stray dogs menace

Rajkot | Thursday | 13th December, 2018

Summary:

The captured dogs are presently kept here, but they are stuffed into a small cage, which makes them even more ferocious. Rajkot: Stray dog menace in the city seems never-ending. The complainants need to also give us evidence of dog bites like the treatment papers.”Once these dogs are trained, they will be released in the same area from where they were captured. Importantly, RMC will also train the ferocious dogs in such a away that they mellow down and don’t bite people.Every year, nearly 20,000 cases of dog bites are registered with the civic body and around 60,000 dogs have been sterilized in the city since 2007.BR Jakasania, veterinary officer of animal menace control department said, “We impound the violent dogs after complaints of dog bites. Currently, RMC has a small cage of 1 X 1 metre.The new ‘friendly’ facility will be created in a 50 X 50 feet area and RMC is planning to have five c ages each of 14 X 12 feet in size that can house six dogs at a time..