The “excessively stringent and impractical” provisions contained in the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023, has adversely impacted the sterilisation drive of stray dogs in the State, Minister for Local Self-Governments M.B. Rajesh has said.
The Central norms has impeded efforts made to launch Animal Birth Control (ABC) centres in the State. The rules prompted the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) to revoke the permission given to Kudumbashree to sterilise stray dogs. Besides, they contained provisions such as the requirement for veterinarians with an experience of at least 2,000 surgeries to commence ABC centres.
Under such circumstances, the government has approached the Centre and the Supreme Court for relaxations in the rules, he said while responding to questions in the Assembly on Tuesday.
