Thiruvananthapuram: The
stray dog menace in Kerala has ballooned into a major political issue in the state, with a businessman launching a day-long fast to draw attention to the problem, and some candidates in the local council elections using it as a campaign point.
One doesn't expect
Strays to use the intersection of two fearful personalities to explore positive change and courage yet, it does.
People who do not want to keep a
stray in their own home can take it to the council's reception point at North Clwyd Animal Rescue in Trelogan near Holywell.
Following repeated disruption of Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung's visits at government hospitals by
stray dogs, the L- G has ordered the three municipal corporations to initiate a massive sterilisation campaign across the city.
During 15 months of feeding more than hundreds of
strays, I never heard a single complaint from people around the areas, that a
stray dog attacked them or harmed them in any way
In Redcar and Cleveland between April 2012 and March 2013, 241
strays were found by the council.
He said: "We started life six years ago trying to help the council reduce the number of
strays that had to be put to sleep.
Despite all
strays now being micro-chipped, some have been unable to be reunited with their owners and remain in care.
Healthy cats aren't generally presented as
strays but vets often have to deal with injured or sick cats brought in by worried members of the public.
Spay Day is an annual campaign to inspire people to save animal lives by spaying or neutering pets and
stray animals.
Officials at the charity said, one of the most effective ways of reducing the number of
strays, inserting microchips in pets, helped reunite 30% of
stray dogs with their owners last year.
THE NICOSIA Municipality has launched a campaign of spaying
stray cats.
