A significant step taken by the Wayanad District Legal Service Authority (DLSA), around two decades ago, to control stray dog menace assumes relevance today.
The Authority was able to address the problem effectively in 2005, and had issued a directive to mitigate stray dog menace after researching on the issue from angles of public health and economic burden on society. All stakeholders, including the Chief Secretary of the State, district administration, and civic bodies, among others, were involved in the process.
The Authority had ordered the culling of all unlicensed stray dogs if local bodies had failed to comply with the Union government’s Animal Birth Control (dog) Rules within three months.
