Thoothukudi increases dog sterilization and rabies vaccination
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Thoothukudi Corporation in Tamil Nadu, India has intensified efforts to control the stray dog population by sterilizing animals and vaccinating them against rabies.
Over the last eight months, the corporation sterilized 408 dogs and vaccinated 3,163 against rabies. Previously, Thoothukudi Corporation worked with the Animal Husbandry Department and Tamil Nadu Animal Welfare Board (TNAWB) to carry out these programs at a veterinary dispensary.
In July, the corporation partnered with the NGO Rescuing Animals in Need (RAIN) to perform sterilizations at a renovated facility on the city’s dumping yard. This collaboration increased the sterilization rate to 60 to 80 dogs per week. The city now vaccinates dogs daily, responding to reports from residents, a change from weekly drives. Corporation Commissioner S. Priyanka announced plans to register sterilized dogs on the TNAWB and Bharat Pashudhan Portals.
Thoothukudi is also building new facilities for animal control and monitoring, and is asking residents to feed stray dogs at 36 designated locations to manage the population.
