India, July 22 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
As per Articles 243(W), municipalities are mandated to control the stray dog population. Accordingly, municipalities are implementing the Animal Birth Control Programme to regulate the population of stray dogs. To support effective dog population management, the Central Government notified the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023, vide G.S.R. 193(E) dated 10th March 2023, under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, superseding the earlier ABC (Dog) Rules, 2001. These rules focus on the neutering and anti-rabies vaccination of stray dogs as means of population stabilization.
Further, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Government of...