Rajkot stray dogs to soon find homes, officially!

  • | Thursday | 12th July, 2018

RAJKOT: Struggling to control the menace of stray dogs, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has come out with a novel way to tackle the problem. The civic body will encourage animal lovers to adopt the stray dogs and formalize the entire process. There are early 30,000 stray dogs in the city.Dog lovers wanting to adopt a stray will have to register themselves with the RMC on its website. Officials claim that this is a first of its kind move by any urban civic body to tackle the nagging issue.About 55 people are bitten by stray dogs daily in Rajkot, according to official figures. BR Jakasania, veterinary officer, RMC’s animal nuisance control department said, “The population of dogs is increasing very fast and complete sterilization is not possible.

RAJKOT: Struggling to control the menace of stray dogs, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has come out with a novel way to tackle the problem. The civic body will encourage animal lovers to adopt the stray dogs and formalize the entire process. In a bid to draw dog lovers, RMC has proposed free treatment and vaccination of the all the dogs that are adopted.The decision was taken in a recent meeting of animal birth control committee of RMC. Officials claim that this is a first of its kind move by any urban civic body to tackle the nagging issue.About 55 people are bitten by stray dogs daily in Rajkot, according to official figures. Though the number of bite cases have consistently reduced over the last six years, the conventional way to deal with the problem — birth control – doesn’t seem to have yielded desired results. There are early 30,000 stray dogs in the city.Dog lovers wanting to adopt a stray will have to register themselves with the RMC on its website. The civic body will maintain a record of all those adopt and they would be responsible for the dog’s well-being.Dr. BR Jakasania, veterinary officer, RMC’s animal nuisance control department said, “The population of dogs is increasing very fast and complete sterilization is not possible. There are people who regularly feed these dogs, but many others take objection to this and it results in animosity.” Jakasania claimed that RMC is the first municipal corporation in the state to come out with such a policy.Rajendra Shah, a member of Animal Welfare Board in Rajkot, said, “There are many dog lovers who would be interested in adopting stray dogs. We have floated this idea for the first time and if it gets popular, we plan to implement it in other municipal corporations of Gujarat .”“If someone wants to abandon the stray dog after few months or a year, RMC will accommodate the animal in its shelter house,” said Dr Jakasania.

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