Rising dog menace.

Failing in its effort to control stray dog's population, Cattle Catching Department of Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has given the vaccination and sterilization task to private organisations in the city.

The two NGOs Friendicoes and People for Animal (PFA) society have been financially supported by MCG for carrying out dog's vaccination and sterilization drive yet the dog menace remains a big problem in the town.
Senior Sanitary Inspector, Bijender Shrama, Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon told Cityplus, "The NGOs have been working for ethical treatment of animals for past several years hence we approached them to work for us. Rs 545 is being paid to vaccinate/sterilize per dog and for its further treatment."
It may be pointed out that, MCG had only one animal keeping vehicle and inadequate infrastructure and manpower to combat the situation. Despite the fact that discussion was on between Medical Officer cum Sanitary Wing Head Dr Aruna Sangwani and MCG Commissioner Sudhir Rajpal to tackle the situation, nothing has been decided yet.
The veterinary wing of municipal authorities is ill-equipped so unable to take out the drive to benefit the residents.
"Dog sterilization is not a permanent solution to the stray dogs problem. But it is one way of ensuring that rabies does not spread," said a veterinary doctor in Civil Hospital.
Meanwhile, Civil Hospital claims that there was no down fall in cases of dog's bite per day. "On an average, around 50 to 60 patients are being vaccinated for rabies daily," sources revealed.

Animal welfare
The Animal Welfare Board of India extends 50 per cent of financial help for organising stray animal's population control and sterilization programmes. A similar project was started in Gurgaon in the mid 2009 and then sterilized and vaccinated about 18,000 dogs in the city.