The Hindu 23.01.2014
PFA sterilises dogs caught by Corporation
Animal welfare group People for Animals (PFA) is sterilising stray dogs caught by the city Corporation for the time being.
The
recent incident in which a girl was attacked by a stray dog at her
school in Poonthura had prompted the Corporation to employ two
dogcatchers.
But the civic body has only one veterinarian to sterilise dogs.
The
Corporation had floated tenders for doctors and organisations to
spearhead a mass sterilisation campaign. So far, PFA had sterilised 30
dogs and the frequency of their puppy adoption drives had increased.
The
forum had submitted a proposal to the Corporation to provide medicines
and surgical equipment. The dogs were sterilised at a rescue centre at
Valiyarthala. Since PFA had only one veterinarian, they approached the
World Wide Veterinary Service (WWVS)’s International Training Centre at
Ooty, PFA Manager N. Solairajan said.
“An Animal
Husbandry Department official said that more doctors could be sanctioned
for the Corporation only if the civic body sends a request. When we
spoke to Mayor K. Chandrika, she said applications had been sent before.
We approached WWVS to avoid delay in getting trained staff,” he added.
They
were summoned by the Prisons Department to carry out a sterilisation
programme at the Nettukaltheri Open Jail, near Neyyar Dam. Since the
prison was being audited, the project had been put on hold for now.
