Keep strays in bedroom, says HC
Keep strays in bedroom, says HC
DH News Service, Bangalore:
"Let them keep stray dogs in their bedroom or bathroom. Why should they be let on the street causing fear among the public?" These were the observations made by chief justice Cyriac Joseph on Thursday in the High Court when he heard an appeal filed by Lokayukta criticising animal lovers saying that they have to be constructive in their approach...
“He said the government was at liberty to take appropriate decisions to end stray dog menace.
A division bench headed by the chief justice also stayed the order of the single judge directing authorities to act as per the Animal Birth Control (Dog) Rules 2001.
Counsel for Lokayukta, Ravi Varma Kumar said the ABC(D) rules were contrary to the Prevention of Cruelty Act-1960, as it was overriding it. “It just categorises the dogs to be culled, while the parent Act does not discriminate,” he said. ABC(D) rules targeted only ferocious dumb and rabid dogs, and not all strays, he said.
The Lokayukta, following a complaint filed by Mr Dhananjaya, a member of Stray Dogs Free Bangalore, sought a direction to the BBMP to clear the City of stray dogs on March 6, 2006. The Lokayukta also conducted an inquiry into the matter.
The Lokayukta report stated ABC(D) rules-2001, undertaken by BBMP and CUPA, the animal rights NGO, did not comply with Prevention of Cruelty Act 1960 and KMC Act-1976. The matter reached HC with the NGOs appealing against certain remarks against them. The single judge bench had stated that the remarks were harsh.
posted by The Bangalorean @ 6/20/2008 07:22:00 AM
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It is high time that we have a stray dog management policy like the rest of the world, where stray animals especially dogs are caught and put up for adoption . If they cannot be adopted in 15 days the animal is painlessly put down by injection .Do we claim to love animals and treat them any better in India than in the west ? The law states the stray dogs have to be eliminated and it should be followed , but in the most humane way
600 persons mostly children are bitten by a population of 300,000 stray dogs that roam each and every corner of the city and have already killed 2 children .
Do we need some more children to be sacrificed to follow the law ?
Every dog to have an owner and every owner to have responsibilities . Animal birth control and been going on for 8 years and has been a failure . It has not been done any where else in the world and is totally un scientific .
To say the least it is an unscientific program thrust upon an un willing public with horrific after effects .
Diana Bhrucha FOR SDFB
It is high time that we have a stray dog management policy like the rest of the world, where stray animals especially dogs are caught and put up for adoption . If they cannot be adopted in 15 days the animal is painlessly put down by injection .Do we claim to love animals and treat them any better in India than in the west ? The law states the stray dogs have to be eliminated and it should be followed , but in the most humane way
600 persons mostly children are bitten by a population of 300,000 stray dogs that roam each and every corner of the city and have already killed 2 children .
Do we need some more children to be sacrificed to follow the law ?
Every dog to have an owner and every owner to have responsibilities . Animal birth control and been going on for 8 years and has been a failure . It has not been done any where else in the world and is totally un scientific .
To say the least it is an unscientific program thrust upon an un willing public with horrific after effects .
Diana Bhrucha FOR SDFB
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