No end to stray dog menace in Kozhikode
The Hindu
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Stray dogs turning violent and attacking people, especially children, was a topic of a heated debate in the Kozhikode Corporation Council meeting on Friday after Mankavu councillor Omana Madhu brought up the issue.
She said stray dogs attacked children going to madrasas early in the morning, often tearing up their clothes and sometimes causing bodily harm. Several stray dogs are being taken to the Corporation’s ABC Centre for sterilisation and brought back, while many are found with puppies, she said questioning the very purpose of sterilisation. Other councillors too pitched in raising similar issues in their wards and demanded a viable solution.
Congress councillor K.C. Shobitha pointed out that the District Collector and the Sub Divisional Magistrate had powers to issue temporary orders to keep dangerous animals under protective custody. However, councillor C.M. Jamsheer said the provision did not encompass stray dogs, but only wild animals. IUML councillor K. Moideen Koya suggested that stray dogs be captured and put in shelters where they could be sterilised.