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Thiruvananthapuram: In the wake of increasing stray dog menace in the state, the alumni association of a college has declared distribution of gold coins to the civic authorities that would kill the maximum number of stray dogs till December 10 in Kerala.
Gold coins offered for culling stray dogs!
The office bearers of Old Students Welfare Association of Pala-based St Thomas College said, ” The gift would be given to the heads of panchayats and municipalities across the state where most stray dogs are killed.”
“The outfit had hit headlines recently for providing air guns at subsidized rates to deal with violent dogs. For culling stray dog, earlier, cash incentives were also offered by a state-based industrialist for culling stray dogs,” according to PTI.
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James Pambaykkal, Association General Secretary said, ”We are planning to give the gift to panchayat presidents and municipality chairmen in the state who lead in killing maximum number of stray dogs. Our aim is to ensure the safety of people from violent canines.”
Blaming the government of inactivity on the stray dog issue, he said the association was attempting to end the menace with the participation of people.
James, a physics post-graduate who passed out from the college in 1984 said, “The gold coins would be bought with the contributions, collected from the representatives of the 1200 member-association. The weight of the coins would be decided according to the total amount collected.”
He further added, the civic authorities, who apply for the gold coins, should submit day-to-day figures of the culled dogs with proofs.
According to government figures
Four persons were killed in the last four months in stray dog attacks and 701 people, including 175 children, were injured across the state. This year, 53,000 people had to take treatment for dog bites in government medical college hospitals alone.
As many as 88,172 suffered dog bites in 2013 while it was 1,19,119 in 2014 and 47,156 in 2015 in the state, the figures added.
Source: The Times Of India
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