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Need for animal care and veterinary home for stray animals!
Animal care is one of the biggest problems faced by the
country of
People adopt animals for their work or for their pleasure, but research shows that 50% of these animals are abandoned or killed when they are not required or when these people are not able to take care of their pets. These abandoned animals add up to the already increasing stray animal population. These animals are targeted for the nuisance caused by them and are dealt with severely and inhumanly, but honestly speaking it’s not their fault alone.
It is we who have made them what they are and it should be us who should try and improve their living conditions and in turn improve our own….
Laws applicable to stray animals
- Give an animal any injurious substance. It is illegal to putout poisoned food as these pose a public health hazard. (Section 11 PCA). This means poisoning dogs, cows or any other stray animal. Transport any animal in any manner that will cause it unnecessary suffering. This includes loading cows into trucks without ramps and overcrowding the vehicle, tying up pigs and carrying them on cycles and so on (Section 11 PCA) . All violations of Section 11 are punishable with a fine of Rs. 100 and / or up to 3 months in jail.
- It is
illegal to kill homeless animals.' Citizens may only report any nuisance
to the Municipal authorities. The Municipality is required to maintain an
animal pound for animals that it picks up. Previously, municipalities
would kill these animals (mainly dogs) in a variety of brutal ways such as electrocution,
starvation, burying alive and so on. After 1992, it became illegal for
municipalities to kill stray dogs. The High Courts of Delhi, Rajasthan,
- Section 428/429 of the Indian' Penal Code makes it a cognizable offence to maim or cause injury to any animal above the value of Rs.10/-. This makes it illegal to throw acid on cows (something that vegetable sellers do as a matter of routine). It also makes it illegal for cars to injure or kill dogs / cats / cows on the street. Offenders can be reported to the police station and a case filed under this section. Punishment is a fine of Indian Rs 2000 /and / or jai I up to 5 years
- Stray animals may not be used for research. Rules for Experimental Animals as formulated by The Committee for the Control and Supervision of Experimental Animals has laid down that only animals bred for the purpose of research by institutes registered by the Committee may be used for experimentation. Therefore it-1s illegal for any medical, educational or commercial research institute to pick up stray animals either from the street or from the municipal pound for this purpose.
There are only a few organizations in
- Welfare of Stray Dogs (WSD): 23733433
- In Defense of Animals (IDA): 25566795
- Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA): 24137518.
- Ahimsa: 28802682 / 2832_8458
- All
- Karuna: 28763856
- Plant and Animal Welfare Society, Mumbai (PAWS): 25918324
Different news paper articles showing arrogance towards animals & making them social & political issues.
By: Krishnakumar
March 4_, 2004
Exactly how many stray dogs does the city have? The BMC, while offering to 'painlessly' kill off the city's strays, says there are 12 lakh dogs on the streets. However, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working for the welfare of stray dogs say the figure is not more than five to six lakh. The NGOs say their figures are more accurate than the BMC's as they have been given specific areas for sterilization.
Bhavin Patel, who works with the NGO Ahimsa, which has been sterilizing dogs from Goregoan to Dahisar, says, "We have been sterilizing dogs for the past four years. In our area, there are not more than 34,000 strays.
Abodh Aras, chief executive officer of Welfare of Stray Dogs
(WSD), also believes the BMC's figure is highly inflated. "We work between
Colaba and Worli. Though we can't arrive at an exact figure, there are not more
than 7,000 strays in our area. There could be a 20 per cent error rate in our
figures but the figures given by civic authorities are not true," said
Fiza Shah, whose In Defense of Animals (IDA) has been working from Thane to Dadar, says there are only about 2, 000 dogs in her area.
Jigeesha Thakor, secretary of All India Welfare of Animals (AIW A), however, rubbishes the figures given by both the BMC and NGOs. "This is ridiculous.
How can they tout such figures when no census has been done ti II date? You shouldn't give figures if you are not sure of them,"
Civic officials, when contacted, were not able to say how they arrived at the figure of 12 lakh dogs. Additional municipal commissioner Shrikant Singh said he did not have the information off hand and would have to check with the health department how they had arrived at the figure.
Executive health officer Ramesh Kathuria was not available for comment despite repeated attempts.
Source: www.middayclassified.com
By: Manoj Nair
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More dogs More bites
Mumbai has around five lakh stray dogs though non-governmental organizations (NGOs) say that the BMC figure is inflated.
In 1993, dogs bit around 38,000 people in the city. Killing of stray "dogs was stopped in 1994 and in 2000; the number of people bitten by dogs was over 62,000. This year, the figure could cross 70,000. An estimated 30 people die of rabies annually in the city.
"We agree that the number of dog bites have gone up,'. says an animal rights activist who adds that the increase in the number of dogs is a direct consequence of the increasing amount of garbage on the city's roads.
Three NGOs, Ahimso, Welfare of Stray Dogs and All India Animal Welfare Association have been given the task of sterilizing the city's dogs.
Animal rights activists say that around 5000 dogs have to be sterilized in a year to first stabilize and then reduce the number of stray dogs in the city. "However, in the last three years, only 5000 have been sterilized. This is not enough," says Dr Urmila Karia of Karuna.NGOs blame the government for inadequate funds. It costs Rs 1500 to sterilize a dog. NGOs say that they get only Rs 1000 from the government. Even this money comes very late, they claim.
Source: www.middayclassified.com
SWATI DESHPANDE0
TIMES NEWS NETWORK [MONDAY, MARCH 24,2003 12:40:35 AM]
MUMBAI: A recent judgment by the Goa bench
of the
Justice D.G. Deshpande and Justice P.V.
Hardas in a January ruling referred the issue of killing of stray dogs to the
Chief Justice of the_ high court. The judges have asked the Chief Justice to
set up a larger bench to decide whether there should be a complete ban on
killing stray dogs. They said sterilization was not effective.
The bench passed
the order in response to a public interest litigation filed by a Goan
organisation called People for Elimination of Stray" Troubles against the
The Pil filed by
The bench held that the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Act does not prohibit killing of stray dogs. The judges said
the Act, on the contrary made an exception by permitting elimination of stray
dogs in lethal chambers.
The judges also
noted that the Goa Municipalities Act, the BMC Act and' the Maharashtra
Municipalities Act empower the local bodies to kill stray dogs particularly
those suffering from rabies. The judges said though compassion for animals is
important, rabid dogs cannot be given preference over the human suffering they
cause.
Dog bites largely
go under-reported the court observed. Several nongovernmental organizations
including People for Animals and the International Animal Rescue opposed the
Pilon the grounds that killing dogs was not an option.
The People for Animals pointed out that
pursuant to a Pil filed by it in 1998 for ban killing of dogs, the Panaji
municipal council had begun a sterilization programme in 1999 which was
delivering results.
The organization said the street dog
population had reduced. The petitioner countered the claim by quoting official
statistics to prove that the dogs continued to multiply.
The
organizations noted that in Mumbai too, following a high court order passed by
a bench headed by former Chief Justice M.B. Shah, the killings of stray dogs
had stopped.
However advocate Aires Rodriguez
representing Mr. Menezes argued that the previous order was not legally binding
since it was by consent of the parties before the court.
The judges, after hearing the matter at
length and doing their own extensive research on the internet, observed that
the stray dogs menace was increasing not only in Goa but also in Mahar;ashtra.
The judges noted that the spread of dreaded
diseases like rabies was a threat that the government needs to consider
seriously.
Source:
www.indiatimes/EducationTimes.com
TIMES NEWS NETWORK [MONDAY,
Veterinary science is the discipline which broadly covers the study of animal physiology, treatment and prevention of diseases among animals.
Those trained in the discipline are known as veterinary doctors or vets. However, the function of a veterinary doctor encompasses much more than merely taking care of animal health.
According to dean, College of Veterinary Sciences (CCS), Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, A P Singh, "A veterinary doctor is trained and oriented to perform diverse activities related to animal disease treatment and prevention; animal husbandry, including animal breed improvement by 'selection breeding' and artificial insemination; vaccination against economically-important diseases; pet care; poultry management and health care; wildlife conservation; livestock insurance and rural development."
Source: www.indiatimes/pets.com