Dogs. Amazing lovely animals. They give unconditional love. They are called man's best friend. Since my childhood, we had dogs at home. Unfortunately their life span is short and our heart ache is huge. However we always got another and loved and cared the same. All were named Tommy.
I mooved abroad and quite fascinated by the way dogs are treated there. Respect and dignity. No stray dogs. Every dog has a family. Good food and shelter. Great health care. Not just dogs. Cats, Hamsters, Rabbits, birds, every pet is very much loved and cared.
Recently I read an online '
article / information' on street dogs. It's by Union Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel, in a written reply in Lok Sabha on 22nd July, 2025.
Very positively it talks about municipalities and local authorities neutralising stray dogs controlling their population and vaccination. However, when I look around in Hyderabad, our community, in the padt five years, stray dog population has increased in dozens. Once loved these creatures are now getting beaten up, chased away, and are left hungry and uncared.
As usual, India is again lacking in implementation. Why governments fail in implementation process? What's the use of making laws when there is no effectiveness of it?
Killing dogs, punishing people for feeding stray dogs is not the sution. Hungry dogs are dangerous. To keep them calm, feeding is necessary.
Neutralising stray animals including monkeys is the only way.
We live Adjacent to Abhayaranyam. In the past six months troubles with monkeys and street dogs have escalated ten folds and so are attacks. In the community we have children and senior citizens who are defenseless, vulenerable and prone to such attacks.
I would like to suggest couple of solutions to govt, which can be considered and implemented. authorities and/or collaborate with other branches of government for the benefit of citizens.
1. Planting fruit bearing, less maintenance trees in abhayaranyam, far away from human dwellings.
2. Reduce monkey and street dog population. I am quite against violence where it is unnecessary. No killing. Catch hold of male monkeys and street dogs. Sterilize (neuterlize/ castrate), tag and leave them back in their native place or abhayaranyam. Central Government notification to the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023, vide G.S.R. 193(E) dated 10th March 2023, under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 already addresses the subject.
3. Authorities may engage government veterinary doctors' services for neutralising.
4. A tag after sterilising on animal should indicate the doctor and his/her license number.
5. The clinic / hospital should bear the recovery expenses after procedure.
6. To continue work / practice as veterinary doctor, continue to hold medical license, this activity must be made compulsory. Every vet doc should consider this as social service.
7. Leave one male to every one hundred female.
8. Government and concerned animal welfare authorities keep track of the wild animal population.
9. Objective is, over a decade, to comepletely remove street dogs and control wild animal population to maintain balanced cohabitation of humans and animals.
10. Develop strict license program for dog breeding. Dogs are not chicken. Our society doesn't encourage dog eat consumption. So, breeding dogs n cats with no control is definitely an issue. Couple of decades ago dog licensing was compulsory. Now is the time to kick back that system into mainstream as respect to all life forms.
11. Recruit volunteers n animal lovers for the greater cause.
