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Recently, a mixed-breed dog named Moti raised by his family was accidentally picked up by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) dog squad on February 5, 2018 as part of animal birth control programme, but it was never returned back to the owner.
Animal rights activists are searching for Moti now. Many people who adopted stray dogs or their puppies said that their dogs are missing or getting infected after Animal Birth Control Sterilization.
A complaint has been lodged with GHMC’s vigilance cell stating that the dog squad and veterinary department in GHMC’s Central Zone are not following the procedures laid down by Animal Welfare Board of India, like not releasing the dogs in the same area. Canines are also becoming weak and infected. However, GHMC denied the allegations, saying all dogs are operated and released in the same area and suggested that the released dogs could have migrated to neighbouring areas due to fear.
Moti’s owner, Saritha Naidu said that “Moti’s mother gave birth to four puppies, and we are raising them. One is half blind. On February 5, Moti was roaming outside the house with Tommy, her mother. Both of them along with other dogs were bundled into a van by dog catchers. Luckily, Tommy escaped. When my husband Srinivas Naidu ran behind the van, he was told that they would release it near the highway after two weeks. When we approached GHMC later, they said it was released near NIMS. We searched the entire area but could not find Moti.”
In a complaint to GHMC vigilance cell, locals Jyothi and Aruna from Kavadiguda alleged that
“Street dogs and domestic dogs from our colony were taken to GHMC rescue centre on March 21 and our dogs were not found in rescue centre at Amber pet.”
J D Wilson, assistant director of veterinary department of GHMC central zone said;
“Based on complaints from locals, our teams pick up dogs and sterilise them. We don’t kill them. We follow the rules and release them in the same locality. Moti, the particular dog they are talking about, may have been living in the neighbouring areas due to fear. We don’t have a place to keep the dogs in dog pounds, and we release them four days after vaccination, deworming and sterilisation.”
Reference :- The Times of India
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