: In the wake of increasing cases of stray dog menace in the State capital city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will resume stray dog sterilisation to check their population.
The BMC has started preparation for sterilisation of stray dogs after the Orissa High Court lifted the stay order in this regard on Monday.
“As the High Court had stayed the sterilisation programme, the action to prevent stray dogs from reproducing was suspended in areas under the BMC since July 2023. Following several allegations of stray dog attacks reported by the denizens, the BMC had moved to the High Court seeking revocation of the stay order. The BMC presented its side in the hearing in the court yesterday. The stray dog sterilisation will begin soon as the BMC has received the green signal from the court,” informed a senior BMC official.
Sterilisation is a surgical procedure conducted on animals to prevent them from reproducing. This procedure is performed on both male and female dogs, offering various health benefits beyond the primary goal of inhibiting reproduction.