Chennai, November 14 (BPNS) The Madras High Court has refused to grant custody of a partially paralysed infant monkey to a veterinarian who had been caring for it over the past ten months. Justice C.V. Karthikeyan, presiding over the case, declined the petition by veterinarian V. Valliappan, stating that the monkey is considered government property […]
Chennai, Sept 18( BPNS) The stray dog that bit 7 people including a child who was sleeping at her home was confirmed with rabies. The dog was killed by local people after it turned violent and rampantly bit several people. The dog was confirmed with rabies after the postmortem conducted in Kottayam veterinary hospital. With […]
Sheopur (MP), Sep 17 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday released cheetahs brought from Namibia into a special enclosure at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh as part of the programme to reintroduce the feline in India seven decades after it was declared extinct in the country. Modi, who is celebrating his 72nd […]
Thiruvananthapuram, September 17 (BPNS) The victims of dog bites in the state will now get free medical care at government hospitals. This has been facilitated by a division bench of the Kerala High Court as it considered the rising stray dog bite cases in the state. According to the court, free medical care also includes […]
Thiruvananthapuram, September 15 (BPNS)With a day left for the Kerala High Court’s scrutiny over the state government’s interventions in addressing the stray dog menace, an action plan got rolled out. The plan based on four components – an intensive vaccination programme, shelter homes for stray dogs and abandoned dogs, waste management, and awareness campaigns – […]
Thiruvananthapuram, September 13 (BPNS) With stray dog attacks continuing unabated in the state, the entire government machinery has sprung into action. It is learned that similar efforts made during the times of floods and the Covid-19 pandemic are what is expected by the government to address the stray dog menace. According to local bodies minister […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 11 (BPNS) The Local self-government minister of Kerala, M.B. Rajesh will hold a high-level meeting on Monday to take urgent measures against the stray dog menace in the state. It is to be noted that the state is witnessing spiraling stray dog attacks and the anti-rabies vaccine have found ineffective in some cases. […]
Thiruvananthapuram, September 11 (BPNS) With stray dog attacks continuing in Kerala, a crucial meeting between chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and local self-government minister MB Rajesh is likely to take place on Monday. The meeting, it is said, came against the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s oral observation that stresses the need to work towards finding […]
Thiruvananthapuram, August 31 (BPNS) Amid concerns over the efficacy of the anti-rabies vaccine being administered in the state, the government has ordered an inquiry to examine the quality of the vaccine being given in hospitals. For this, an expert panel will be formed by the health department. It was on the other day that chief […]
Chennai, Aug 30 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation has called upon pet dog owners to register their pets with the corporation as a pet dog census will be conducted soon. A statement from the corporation said that the GCC was planning to update the census as the number of pet dogs in the city has […]
