LMC starts sterilisation centre for animals

The facilities,which will be free of cost,will initially run for dogs. According to Municipal Commissioner S K Singh,the centre will be run by an NGO,Animal Ashram. The LMC will fund the infrastructure part of the project. Two veterinary surgeons from Barabanki and Sitapur have already been attached to the centre for operations.

According to the mayor,the centre is a step towards beautification of Lucknow. “These are not stray but abandoned animals that need care and help. This centre will not only control the unrestrained growth in the population of stray dogs,it will also see to it that they leave the centre as healthy animals,” Sharma said. Municipal Commissioner Singh said that after being sterilised,the LMC will try and get the dogs adopted.

The centre will conduct operations four days a week,with three operations a day. The dogs will be kept for 15 days under observation before being released. “Initially,our target is 30 operations a month. If we are successful,we can add another operation theatre. After dogs,the project will also be extended for monkeys,” said Singh.