5K stray dogs to be sterilised in Panchkula

Amit Bathla
Tribune News Service
Panchkula, April 15

To control the number of stray dogs in the city, the NGO employed by the Panchkula Municipal Corporation began a sterilisation drive today, with a target to cover 5,000 dogs.

The target to sterilise 10-15 dogs daily has been fixed by NGO Be-Zubaan (Be The Voice), which had bagged the one-year contract in 2019, got extension for another year.

For the sterilisation of each dog, the MC will pay Rs1,134 to the NGO.

The sterilisation work will be done at Sukhdarshanpur dog care and rehabilitation centre.

Six days after sterilisation, dogs will be released at the same place or locality from where they were captured.

A helpline (9876252622) has also been issued to receive the complaints from residents.

The Sukhdarshanpur centre has at least 14 kennels and there is a provision for keeping two dogs in a kennel.

“They will be filled in two days. Twenty-eight more will come up,” stated an official release.

Mayor Kulbhushan Goyal said the civic body would also adopt stray puppies.

“Whichever dog gives birth to pups will be reared at the Sukhdarshanpur dog pound and all kinds of dog food, drinks and other facilities will be provided to the pups there. After this, the facility of online adoption will also be made available,” he said.

He added said an eight-member committee had been formed to identify dogs with rabies.

The committee would investigate rabies in dogs and if the behaviour of the dog was found to be improper, the dog would be treated and thereafter, left at the same location from where they were picked up.

The dogs will also be brought to the dog care centre for their treatment.

The treated dogs will subsequently be released to their original habitat