The Kochi Corporation will soon launch an intensive programme for vaccinating and controlling the population of street dogs.
Besides streamlining the Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme by recruiting more dog handlers and veterinarians, the civic body plans to ensure licensing system for pet dogs. Facilities for vaccination, registration, and licensing of pet dogs will be offered through the 21 circle offices of the civic body. Vaccination will also be done through the veterinary hospitals of the Corporation.
The civic body will soon set up dog boarding facilities where the captured street dogs could be housed, said a communication issued by Mayor M. Anilkumar.
