Kudumbashree to control stray dog menace, pilot project set for launch in Ernakulum on Oct 5

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the wake of increasing incidence of

stray dog menace

,

Kudumbashree Mission

has stepped in to assure its services to control the menace in the state as per the legal norms. Trained men and women groups of Kudumbashree will form 50 groups spread across the state to ensure that the street dogs are caught, vaccinated and sterilised under the Animal Birth Control (ABC) program. The pilot project will be implemented in three blocks of

Ernakulum

on Oct 5.

Selected women of neighbourhood groups of Kudumbashree will be trained and the successfully trained members will work in various blocks with the support of the management unit of each block. “Kudumbashree’s intervention comes in the wake of the increasing street dog menace reported in the state. The trained women groups in 50 blocks of the state can also choose this as a source of income,” Kudumbashree officials said.

The responsibility of each of these 50 blocks of Kudumbashree will be to identify and catch stray dogs in the panchayats of each block, According to the legal norms, the dogs will be taken to the veterinary hospital, vaccinated and sterilised as per ABC program and offered after care at the kennels put up.

In the pilot phase, the program will be launched in three blocks of Ernakulum including Parakadavu, Angamali and

Pampakuda

on October 5. By now three groups have been constituted as part of the program. The members of these groups will be offered training this month.

Each unit will have five members. In addition to women members of Kudumbashree, men from their families can also form part. The selected members will be offered expert training for three days under the auspices of Kudumbashree. On completion of the training, the members will be offered certificates, uniforms and identity cards.

For post-operative care of the dogs after the ABC program, the trained members will ensure the care and then the dogs will be released by them at the appropriate places. For the effective implementation of the program, Kudumbashree has ensured the coordination of Local Self Government organisations and

Animal Husbandry

department.