Amid mounting allegations of mistreatment and deaths of animals at city-run Animal Birth Control (ABC) centres, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has announced plans to install 60 CCTV cameras across five such facilities. The project, estimated to cost ₹17.82 lakh, aims to improve transparency and strengthen monitoring mechanisms at these centres. According to GCC officials, […]
Chennai corporation to install CCTV cameras at ABC centres amid allegations of animal mistreatment
TN forest department install surveillance cameras to monitor leopard movement in Mettur ,Salem
Chennai,March 27,2025 The Tamil Nadu forest department officials have installed surveillance cameras and set up cages in Mettur village of Salem district following villagers complaining of leopard presence in the area. Villagers and farmers in the area have complained to the forest department that a leopard has recently been attacking local livestock, including dogs, goats, […]
Madras HC refuse custody of paralysed infant monkey to vet who cared it for ten months
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 […]
Rabies confirmed in stray dog that bit 7 people in Kottayam
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 […]
PM Modi releases cheetahs in special enclosure at Kuno Park.
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 […]
Kerala HC: Ensure free medical care to victims of stray dog bites
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 […]
Kerala releases action-plan to address stray dog menace
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 – […]
Kerala gears up for fight against stray dogs
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 […]
Stray dog menace : Kerala local bodies minister to hold high-level meeting on Monday
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. […]
Stray dog issue: Crucial meeting likely to take place on Monday
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 […]