The Animal Welfare Board of India has not launched any grant to Karnataka beneath its animal contraception programme since Might 2016 and due to this fact has no details about the stray canine sterilisation and immunisation efforts within the state.
This was revealed in response to a Proper To Info utility filed by Kerala-based RTI campaigner Ok Govindan Nampoothiry, who stated the board had didn’t carry out its statutory duties.
“The primary motive for which I filed the RTI utility was to know the quantity launched to the states for the stray canine sterilisation and immunisation marketing campaign. The board has turn out to be a white elephant and its torpid angle is obvious. It has failed in guaranteeing professionally skilled and legally authorised animal welfare organisations or NGOs in every state. This has led to the mismanagement of quite a few animal welfare programmes together with the animal contraception programme. It’s a severe lapse. Furthermore, grants for animal welfare schemes are insufficient. A number of states haven’t acquired funds for years,” he advised indianexpress.com.
Nampoothiry alleged that regardless that stray canine assaults had been rising throughout the nation, the board had been dysfunctional. “The board is sitting idle although the road canine menace is rising. It ought to take steps to conduct consciousness campaigns instantly and conceive a everlasting answer to the menace,” he stated
The RTI reply additionally acknowledged that Kerala additionally didn’t obtain any grant beneath the scheme in the identical interval, from Might 2016 to September 2022.
The board’s features embrace encouraging animal rescue properties, shelters and sanctuaries by means of monetary help.