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Kerala HC orders local bodies to take steps for control of stray dogs

While considering a bunch of petitions on stay dog menace, the Kerala High Court said rabid and diseased dogs should be killed

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kerala, kerala high court, kerala HC, kerala stray dogs, stray dogs in india, kerala HC order, stray dogs in kerala, kerala govt stray dogs Recently, the Kerala police had begun registering criminal cases against those who caught and poisoned stray dogs (Source: Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered that local bodies should take steps for effective control of stray dogs.

While considering a bunch of petitions on stay dog menace, the Court said rabid and diseased dogs should be killed.

Recently, the police had begun registering criminal cases against those who caught and poisoned stray dogs. The police action, citing a circular from the animal welfare board of India, had evoked widespread protests.

Businessman Kochaouseph Chittilapally had staged a fast last week against the police move.

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