India, April 5 -- India's experience shows that even a flawed implementation of the Animal Birth Control (Dog) Rules can bring down the population of stray dogs. The message is clear - improved implementation of these is the only way out

According to a report in The Hindu's Delhi edition dated March 29, 2025, Congress MP, Karti Chidambaram, met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, March 28, 2025, to raise "health and security concerns posed by stray dogs." Carried under the heading "Karti meets PM, flags safety concerns over menace of stray dogs," it does not give details of what Chidambaram said, except that he suggested the creation of a national task force to deal with the problem and emphasised that urgent action was needed t...