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Kochi Is Building a 500-Dog Shelter for 12,000 Dogs — on the Site That Choked the City in 2023
Kochi Corporation's stray dog shelter at Brahmapuram will hold 500 dogs in phase one. The city has around 12,000. What…
Karnataka Will Vaccinate 11 Lakh Dogs This Year. The Dogs That Actually Spread Rabies Are Mostly Not in That Number.
Karnataka has announced free anti-rabies vaccination for 11 lakh dogs in 2026-27, with a rabies-free goal by 2030. The figures…
A Pune Neighbourhood Knew the Dog Was Being Beaten. It Took a Fall From the Fourth Floor to Make Anyone Call.
A Pomeranian named Danny was allegedly thrown from a fourth floor in Ravivar Peth, Pune. Neighbours say the abuse went…
Himachal Vaccinated 26,564 Stray Dogs and Sterilised 3,709. The High Court Explained Why That Is Backwards.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court pulled up the state over stray dog sterilisation, flagging reliance on NGOs and private vets.…
Kolkata’s Biggest Pet Market Emptied Out. Not Because of a Ban — Because Nobody Knows Which Licence They Need.
95% of traders stayed away from Galiff Street after a Calcutta HC order. The court did not ban the market.…
Lucknow Has Sterilised 100,000 Street Dogs. Now It Is Putting Up Billboards to Find the Rest.
Lucknow has sterilised over 100,000 street dogs and reached 84% coverage. A new billboard campaign targets the hardest remaining stretch…
Abandon Your Pet in Chennai, and It Could Now Cost You ₹10,000
Starting October 2026, Greater Chennai Corporation will fine owners ₹10,000 for abandoning licensed pets, using microchip data to trace and…
₹1.48 Crore, 7 Years, and a Bite-Case Surge: What’s Really Going Wrong With Srinagar’s Dog Sterilisation Programme?
An RTI reveals Srinagar spent ₹1.48 crore on dog sterilisation over 7 years, yet bite cases keep rising. Here's what…
50 Emaciated Dogs, 20 Deaths: What the Puducherry ABC Case Reveals About a Broken Sterilisation System
A Puducherry ABC dossier alleging 20 dog deaths has renewed scrutiny of surgery quality, rabies vaccination and contractor oversight across…