In keeping with the statistics shared by the animal husbandry division of civic physique Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), incidences of canine chew throughout the municipal limits have come down from 42,818 in 2019 to 17,610 in 2021. From January to July this 12 months, there have been 11,291 incidents of canine chew.
Of the 11,291 incidents of canine chew, the utmost variety of circumstances are from BBMP South Zone (3867), adopted by East zone (3,814 circumstances) and West Zone (2,500). The least variety of circumstances have been reported from Bommanahalli zone the place solely 60 circumstances got here to mild.
Ravi Kumar, joint director, animal husbandry division of the BBMP stated that the compiled information of canine chew incidents embody the stray canine chew circumstances and pet canine chew circumstances as effectively. “Most variety of canine chew circumstances contain pet canines. The incidents involving stray canine bites have come down. We’re neutering the stray canines as effectively. There are greater than 3 lakh stray canines within the metropolis of which we now have neutered 1.58 lakh. The canines which have been neutered might be recognized with notched ears.”
“Canines assault on account of provocative aggression which signifies that in case you throw stones at them or bother them when they’re sleeping on the highway facet, there are probabilities they are going to assault. Typically when kids carry meals they get chased by canines,” stated Lakshminarayan Swamy, assistant director, animal husbandry, Yelahanka zone.
Swamy added, “If there’s numerous complaints from the residents, we catch the canines and hold them beneath commentary for ten days on the animal contraception centre. If they don’t present any signal of aggression, the physician vaccinates them and releases them. We have now additionally seen individuals mistaking canines’ territorial fights as aggression.”