SRINAGAR: Roughly 36,000 out of the almost 43,000 stray canines inside the municipal boundaries of Jammu metropolis have undergone sterilisation and vaccination procedures carried out by the Jammu Municipal Company (JMC), reported The Tribune.
Dr Divya Sharma, the Municipal Veterinary Officer (MVO), as per The Tribune highlighted that these operations fall underneath the Animal Beginning Management (ABC) programme applied by the JMC. Emphasising compliance with the ABC (Canine) Guidelines of 2023, she clarified that stray canines aren’t relocated however are solely captured for sterilisation and vaccination. Following the procedures, they’re launched again into the identical space, distinguished by a everlasting ‘proper ear-notch’ identification mark.
Dr Sharma addressed an consciousness and interplay occasion organised by the Veterinary part of JMC in collaboration with Authorities Ladies Greater Secondary Faculty, Rehari, on Tuesday. The occasion aimed to teach college college students concerning the significance of the JMC’s ABC programme throughout its 75 wards and its broader impression on society.
In the course of the occasion, Dr Sharma delivered a presentation masking varied animal welfare actions and outlined the targets and achievements of the ABC programme. She demonstrated the effectiveness of implementing the ABC programme to regulate the stray canine inhabitants promptly, thereby curbing the unfold of rabies in each people and animals.
Kulbhushan Khajuria, Joint Commissioner of Jammu Municipal Company, recommended the Veterinary providers wing of JMC for organising intensive consciousness packages in academic establishments inside Jammu metropolis. He inspired the Veterinary wing to proceed conducting such consciousness and interplay classes with college students sooner or later.
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