Delhi municipal corporation had thought to get rid of street dogs.the Delhi Municipal Corporation has announced that all street dogs will be picked up from the vicinity of the boutique hotels and popular tourist spots in Delhi, sterilized and kept at the NGOs until the summit was over.
However, the MCD decided to drop the plan over the weekend, as reported by AFP. The report also mentioned that the Delhi Municipal Corporation has not provided a reason to drop their plan.
This move has raised concerns amongst the animal rights groups about the care and the safety of the dogs during the time they will be kept in Animal Birth Control centres. Some of the activists have also questioned whether these centres have the capacity to actually properly keep the dogs and maintain them.
The MCD currently has 18 ABC centres operated with the help of NGOs and private veterinary doctors where 80,000-90,000 dog sterilisations are carried out annually. They also flagged that it was against the Animal Birth Control Rules 2023 to keep a street dog at an ABC for over seven days.
