Mysore/Mysuru, Sept. 16 -- Penalties of Rs. 500 to Rs. 1,500; animals of fourth-time offenders to be sent to Pinjrapole

The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), in a bid to control and prevent the menace of stray animals such as cows, bulls, buffaloes and horses roaming freely on roads and causing problems to the public, has enhanced the fines for owners of stray animals.

Previously, the MCC, which catches stray animals and houses them at its cattle pound in the Sewage Farm premises at Vidyaranyapuram, collected a flat fine of Rs. 500 even for repeated offences before returning the animals to their owners.

However, repeated violations will now incur higher fines, as many owners ignored earlier warnings from MCC. The decision to increase the ...