The city administration plans to install water bowls, put up billboards with do’s and don’ts, and improve the capacity of conducting Animal Birth Control (ABC) measures, among other things, to combat the stray dog menace.
In the wake of the recent Amberpet incident in which a four-year-old boy died after being attacked by a pack of street dogs, a meeting chaired by MA&UD Special Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar on Wednesday issued guidelines for controlling the stray dog menace and dog bites.
The instructions include placing billboards/hoardings in appropriate locations highlighting appropriate behaviour towards and around street dogs. A sufficient number of water bowls should be placed in order to reduce the aggression of street dogs during the summer season at suitable locations, preferably away from public movement.
Steps will be taken to discourage and reduce the tendency of non-vegetarian shops, function halls, hotels, and hostels to throw non-vegetarian, particularly in raw form, and to initiate action against those found disposing of garbage on the street/public places, which leads to the gathering of street dogs.
The strict implementation instructions also called for increasing the current capacity of conducting ABC and increasing the number of dog catching teams and vehicles to effectively respond to complaints.
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In the next month, officials were directed to implement a program in all schools to educate children about proper behaviour protocols when dealing with stray dogs. A quick assessment and identification of high stray dog density areas would be undertaken involving Residential Welfare Associations, Slum and Town Level Federations.
The sanitation staff, including outsourcing staff, will be trained to deal with street dogs, and the GHMC has been asked to contact RWAs, slum and town level federations to raise awareness about regarding the feeding of street dogs, and reporting rogue street dogs.
Action plan to check street dog menace:
- Wide publicity to helpline 040-21111111 and My GHMC App to report aggressive or unsterilized dogs
- Use services of Self Help Groups, sanitation staff to promote awareness about street dogs behaviour
- Distribution of pamphlets in schools detailing do’s and don’ts around street dogs
- Promoting street dogs adoption
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