Collector inspects Tirunelveli Corporation’s animal birth control facility
Tirunelveli District Collector Anand Mohan inspected a local animal birth control facility to review rabies vaccination and sterilization efforts for stray dogs. The administration plans to expand facilities to better manage the stray dog population.
Why it matters
Effective management of stray dog populations is critical for public health and rabies control in urban Indian environments.
District Collector Anand Mohan inspected the Corporation’s animal birth control facility at Melapalayam here on Saturday and reviewed the vaccination of stray dogs.
According to Mr. Anand Mohan, vaccination of stray dogs against rabies and animal birth control are being done in the local bodies on Saturdays to control the population of the uncared for dogs and save them from deadly rabies infection. Since both the operations would save the public from stray dog menace, the local bodies – right from the town panchayats to Tirunelveli Corporation – had been told to continue this exercise on Saturdays.
As per the survey conducted in Tirunelveli Corporation, the urban civic body houses over 3,500 stray dogs. Of this, 3,180 stray dogs had been vaccinated against rabies. Since an indelible green ink is applied during vaccination, the public can easily identify the vaccinated dogs.
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