MP: As terrible videos of dogs with dead newborns become viral, state scampers for a solution

Last week, effective videos of stray dogs with bodies of newborn babies in Madhya Pradesh. The presence of Strayer in and around the hospitals has become a topic of intensive debate in the state, with officials and NGOs emphasize the need for a continuing campaign to control the dog population.

Two videos in the last five days show stray dogs with the bodies of newborns and their threatening presence in and around hospitals have become an issue of intensive debate in Madhya Pradesh, with officials and NGOs emphasize the need for a continuing campaign to check the dog population.

Some even gave it responsible for the success of Swachh Bharat Habiyan, from which they claimed that he had reduced the availability of food outdoors for strays. The state with a population of 7.26 crore according to the census of 2011 or at least nine crore may be 47.36 LAKH corner teeth, which makes it a man -to -dog ratio of 19: 1, a government veterinator told PTI on Monday.

Dead newborn in pines of a stray discovered in Rewa

While MP Urban Development Department Director Sanjay Shuckla said that his department had no official figures about the number of strays, he admitted that measures were taken to limit their population.

On March 11, a stray dog ​​in a overloaded area of ​​Rewa near a hospital kept a dead newborn in his pines and prompted the police to start an investigation. The video was shot near Kabaddi Mohalla in Jaystmbh Chowk under Civil Lines Police Station Limits.

This was the third incident in Rewa in the last one and a half months in which a newborn was released, the police said. The Animal Welfare Board of India, Ram Krishan Raghuvanshi, said that the number of stray corner teeth in Bopal was around 85,000, while it was a LAKH in Indore, the cleanest city in the country.

“Stray dogs are angry due to the lack of food. Swachh Bharat's mission and the following cleanliness may have led to a lack of food in landfill.

“The state only has 12 to 13 NGOs to carry out animal control programs. Even after 100 percent sterilization of corner fences in MP, it will take 8 to 9 years to check their population and make it manageable. Only 12 to 13 NGOs are recognized.

He said animal centers can be founded by citizen bodies with the participation of people who work for stray animals or feed them.

“The rules for animal control (dog) in 2023 require strays to be caught, vaccinated, neutered and brought back to the place where they were picked up. After sterilization and vaccination, the stray animals are marked,” said the senior veterinarian with Bopal Municipal Corporation Dr. SK Shrivastava.

However, the rules have no provision to lock up stray dogs in a shelter, said another civil servant and added that the BMC budget for the well -being of stray animals is only 2.5 billion rupees per year, which contains the costs for sterilization drive.

(With PTI inputs)