MUMBAI: Civic standing committee members protested on Wednesday against the inhuman treatment meted out to stray dogs during the dog sterilization programme adopted by the BMC. Shiv Sena corporator and former mayor Shubha Raul said instead of carrying out a vasectomy, NGOs are castrating these dogs.

"NGOs appointed to undertake sterilization programmes have been adopting cruel methods," she said. She added that since vasectomy needed expertise it cost more and NGOs were taking the cheaper route. So far, six lakh dogs have been sterlized.