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| 105 dogs caught in special drive |
| Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike launched a drive against stray dogs in Bangalore
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| INDIA
, 5-March-2007
2:47:27 AM |
| In the wake of the killing of a five-year-old boy by a pack of 15 dogs in Bangalore on Thursday, 105 dogs, including those not sterilised, were caught and despatched to dog shelters by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in a special drive launched here on Sunday.
However, the drive, which follows public anger, faced teething problems due to lack of trained dogcatchers, according to sources in the BBMP. "We had six dogcatchers who have retired. The BBMP did not hire more as the dog control management was given to the non-governmental organisations (NGOs)," according to sources.
Even as the BBMP pressed into service 20 vans equipped with cages to catch the dogs, it had no trained personnel to do the job. "We are planning to have dogcatchers from the NGOs to train willing pourakarmikas," BBMP Chief Health Officer Gayathri Devi told The Hindu.
The sources said that the much-touted team from Kerala might not arrive but talks are on with the municipal corporation of Ahmedabad to seek its expertise in catching dogs.
"The 20 vans, along with the our existing six, went around the city. They mainly visited areas from where we received complaints on our helplines. They also went to three or four `hotspots' in the city," said Ms. Devi.
The BBMP has identified 48 such "hotspots" and they include railway stations, markets, places of worship and other populated areas, a release from the corporation said.
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