Kochi Corporation mulls mobile ABC units to ensure balanced stray dog control
The Kochi Corporation is planning to introduce mobile Animal Birth Control (ABC) units to address the stray dog menace more effectively across the city. This move aims to resolve complaints regarding unequal service distribution between West Kochi and other areas.
Why it matters
Effective stray dog management is a critical public health and safety issue in urban Indian environments.
The Kochi Corporation is exploring the possibility of deploying mobile Animal Birth Control (ABC) units, complete with veterinary surgeons and animal handlers (dog catchers), to ensure more effective management of the stray dog menace and balanced coverage across the city.
For long, councillors from West Kochi have complained of discrimination in the catching of stray dogs for sterilisation at the Corporation’s ABC Centre at Brahmapuram. This is despite the fact that the stray dog problem is perceived to be far more acute in many parts of West Kochi.
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