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After mass extermination of strays, Kerala to have stray dog rehabilitation zoos

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After mass extermination of strays, Kerala to have stray dog rehabilitation zoos
Source: DNA India

While Kerala is infamous for the ruthless killing of stray dogs, the government has plans to change its reputation. The Kerala government is planning to implement a policy to accommodate stray canines in dog rehabilitation zoos in all the 14 districts. To ensure the safety of people from dogs, Kerala had earlier resorted to barbaric practices. Videos, photos of dogs being brutally slaughtered was all over the internet. It is to be noted that Kerala has been suffering from a problem of stray dog overpopulation which also claimed the lives of many.

Responding to the query of the Supreme Court judges, senior counsel V Giri representing the state said the government will ask all district panchayats to keep aside 2 or 3 acres of land and notify these areas as “stray dog zoos”. However, the move has been opposed by the Centre, Animal Welfare Board and NGOs who want Kerala government to follow Animal Birth Control (Drugs) Rules to sterilise the stray dogs.

Opposing the idea of building zoos for strays, senior advocate Anand Grover, speaking for an animal welfare association, said “What the State is planning to do with these dog zoos? These dogs will become even more ferocious and their population will increase.” He instead suggested the government adopts Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules of 2001 which emphasise on sterilisation and immunisation of stray dogs.

The proposal of making stray dog rehabilitation zoo (SDZ) was first pitched in 2016 in a meeting convened by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. However, department of agriculture and animal husbandry had expressed strong reservations about the feasibility of the plan.

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