Minimum spaces, limited resources and pending payments from government agencies are beating animal birth control (ABC) centers and veterinary hospitals, HT has been found during the spot check on Tuesday, as the state government and civilian bodies have raced to follow the order of a Supreme Court to move the Supreme Court order from the streets within eight weeks within eight weeks.
A common theme of doctors and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), HT’s spot check in 7 out of 20 ABC centers of HT, was resented in an allegedly inaccessible work.
One of the Centers who visited HT was near the Red Fort, where the Delhi Corporation (MCD) of the Municipal Corporation has allocated a place next to a fronts to the Domestic Research Center, NGO Center, which has been running since 2019. The NGO has installed 20 kenels, an open kitchen, an separation box, an operation theater and an open area.
Dr. Sanjeev (goes by single name), who takes care of the Center, said: “The court must have decided after some thinking. Currently, we do not have a infrastructure for more than 125 dogs. Dogs can be kept for only three to five days, because we are only injured dogs. We can not do more dogs.
Sanjeev also complained that the MCD had not paid him since March. “Imagine doing 700-800 sterilization every month using your individual funds, also pay for surgery, medicines, salaries of employees, dog food, dog food, dog’s temporary shelter, etc.
In the Timarpur region of North Delhi, an NGO named Neberhood Wuf operates an ABC center with a capacity of 90 dogs. Currently, the center has 85 dogs.
“Most of our dogs come from carers who want dogs to be sterilized or treated and return to their area. This operation only works when dogs are admitted and released every week. How should we give shelter to these dogs (permanently)?” Ayesha Christina Ben said, which runs the place.
During the journey, his colleague received a call from a MCD officer, directing the Center not to release any dog “under any circumstances.
A senior MCD official said, “We had already decided to use ABC centers as shelters for some time and they have been asked not to release any dog. In addition, we are working on congestion and other issues. Plans are being made to work on new shelters. We know that there are limited resources, especially land.
When asked about the payment dues, the official said that the department would investigate them. “Sometimes, money is not released when applicants do not meet certain criteria …” the officer said.
Veterinarian Doctor Hargun Singh told HT: “Dogs are like putting them in a concentration camp and punishing them. Dogs are very sensitive. They cannot live in a different environment. They prefer to live in the same place they live for years. Also, what will thousands of dogs have to do in such a place?
“We have carcients who want their dogs back. What do I tell them? If we take the dogs in, we have to turn it into a shelter, which has no sterilization … It means that the testes and breast tumors, infections, the risk of aggression in dogs and short life, increase the risk of aggression. It seems that the government wants to kill them.
An animal welfare runs three ABC units in NGO, Friendico, Delhi.
NGO Vice President Geeta Seshamani said “near the impossible to execute the move”.
“The specific issue required by the resolution was already available in ABC rules with aggressive cutting dogs and a rational human protocol for it. This order instead provokes all dogs, most of which are docile sterilized and vaccinated … Now there is no longer any shelter, it is more likely that the dogs will have to detectively and say.
“We have been working without reimbursement in all centers for the last six months …” he said. In their defense colony center, about 500–550 dogs are sterilized every month.
In Lajpat Nagar, officials of the Animal India Trust said they could accommodate 80 dogs.
The Animal India Trust veterinary surgeon Sarungbam Yaiipbi Devi said, “I am surprised at this decision. First, there is no clarity on who will provide us financial assistance. Secondly, no one knows how many dogs are there.
Masoodpur has two ABC centers, near Vasant Kunj, within a kilometer of each other. One of them is the PET Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), a non-government, a clinic and shop operated by a non-profit organization. This doubles as the ABC treatment center for MCD. This center reflects the bill to provide dog food and pays for sterilization even when MCD is lagging.
Amrita Arora, who oversees the clinic, said, “SC’s decision is not good. No shelters will take such a large number of dogs, as it increases the risk of infection.”
He said it spends them 20,000 per month to give shelter to a dog, including food and medical treatment. At any time, there is a home of about 10–15 dogs in the shelter.
Another ABC center in Masoodpur is a veterinary hospital run perfectly by MCD.
Krishna Ashram Dog Shelter is run in partnership with MCD in Satbari near Chhatarpur. However, here employees catch dogs and bring them for sterilization, instead of MCD workers to do so. A center worker said, “Every dog in the area is considered sterilized. We mark them on the ear to know that they have been sterilized.”
The doctor at the center expressed concern over the order of SC. The doctor said, “If dogs pick up, they are dropped in another area, due to lack of shelters, those dogs are at risk of dying, because they will be attacked by dogs in that area. They would not even know where to find food,” the doctor said.
