Street dog sterilisation comes to a halt in city

HC directive to stop activities till conditions at Vandithadam are improved

The city Corporation’s Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme has come to a standstill following a High Court direction to stop street dog sterilisation activities at its facility at Vandithadam here until the conditions at the centre are improved.

The renovation works at the centre which began last month are expected to continue for at least two more months, during which period the regular sterilisation activities will not take place.

“The shed in which sterilisation activities were carried out has been demolished and a new facility is being constructed. Meanwhile, we are now handling only emergency cases of rabies-infected dogs at the Government Veterinary Hospital in Pettah. Another sterilisation facility was proposed to be set up at Pettah, but the authorities of a temple located nearby had earlier got a stay order against any ABC-related activity as there is a dispute involving the land,” said Corporation’s veterinarian Sreerag.