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Opposite the Republic Monument on Taksim Square is one of Istanbul’s furry tourist attractions a large Turkish Kungal that has made the last aisle in Watson, a store, its favourite napping spot. As passing tourists take pictures with or of it, depending on their comfort with dogs, a green tag catches their attention an accessory that seems to be a must-have with canines who call the streets of Istanbul their home.
But this store isn’t the only space that welcomes strays. Cats and dogs alike can be seen strolling in and out of cafes, around the Hagia Sofia Square and even the royal palace. The city’s strays around 160,000 cats and 130,000 dogs are vaccinated, sterilised, marked and tracked by the government and NGOs.
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At one-and-a-half feet tall, Suzie was stout, speckled, and loved nothing more than getting her butt scratched.
I met Suzie, a 2-year-old white and tan bulldog whose legs splayed out like a duck, at the sandy, fenced-in dog park that had become my primary source of human contact since the pandemic. Moose, my year-old Goldendoodle, had mixed feelings about it: Sweet but shy, he would edge up to groups of dogs chasing each in circles or wrestling like four-legged gladiators, but if anyone snapped or growled or tried to sniff his butt which, I learned from Google, dogs do to glean vital information, like whether they’ve met before, and, I imagine, what they had for lunch he would run back and hide behind my legs before slowly venturing out for more.
ABC programme to be strengthened in Alappuzha
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Street dog menace in town, other parts of the district
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Street dog menace in town, other parts of the district Authorities are planning to strengthen the Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme to check the stray dog menace in Alappuzha town and other parts of the district.
Following an increase in the incidents involving street dogs in the Alappuzha municipal area, District Collector A. Alexander recently chaired a meeting to chalk out a strategy to control the stray dog population. Mr. Alexander directed the officials concerned to initiate measures to tackle the problem by effectively implementing the ABC programme.
GHMC to spend Rs 1,500 on every stray for vaccination, birth control operation
Updated Dec 20, 2020, 8:28 am IST
The previous rate was Rs 320 for each birth control operation
After the operation, the agencies will leave the dogs in the same areas from where they were picked up.
HYDERABAD: The GHMC has decided to spend Rs 1,500 on every stray dog for vaccination and birth control operations. The corporation estimates that the city has five lakh strays, and will have to spend Rs 750 crore for the purpose.
After implementing a pilot project pertaining to Animal Birth Control (ABC) & Anti Rabies Vaccination (ARV) programmes in five wards, the GHMC has decided to extend it citywide. Following the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) and Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules 2001, the civic body has shortlisted five animal welfare organisations (AWOs) to sterilise about the strays over a period of one year.
Activists want NGO’s licence revoked for ill-treating animals
ByAlka DhupkarAlka Dhupkar / Updated: Dec 13, 2020, 06:00 IST
Malad-based society is under scanner after remains of dogs were found recently
Activists have written to the BMC, the state government and the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) urging them to cancel the licence of Malad-based NGO Universal Animal Welfare Society over ill-treatment and death of
animals.
The NGO, which works with the civic body to sterilise stray animals, came under the scanner recently after remains of dogs were found near its facility.
Later, an FIR was registered. Taking cognisance of complaints, the Animal Welfare Board of India asked the Commissioner of Animal Husbandry to investigate the Universal Animal Welfare Society and take appropriate action as per law against the erring officials and forward the action taken report to it immediately.