Thrikkakara Municipality relaunches programme to sterilize dogs
The Hindu
Sixteen dogs sterilized so far under the supervision of an expert team
The Thrikkakara municipal authorities have relaunched a programme to sterilize and rehabilitate community dogs with support from Daya Animal Care Foundation, a voluntary agency which runs Daya Technical Team for Animal Birth Control.
Thrikkakara Municipal Chairperson Ajitha Thankappan said the programme had been launched to sterilize dogs and rehabilitate them to control community dog population. Municipality health standing committee chairman Rashid Ullampilly said the expertise of Daya Foundation was being utilised to rehabilitate community dogs, and that the operation was being supervised by the Kerala High Court, which had issued a directive to ensure humane treatment of animals.
The killing of an unspecified number of community dogs in Thrikkakara towards the end of July this year had led to allegations by animal rights activists of cruelty to animals. They had demanded an inquiry into the incidents as well as remedial measures under rules governing welfare of animals.