The State government has come under intense fire after stray dogs savaged a disabled child, Nihal Nishad, to death in Kannur on Sunday.
Opposition parties accused the government of disregarding the growing stray dog menace in the State despite the threat to ordinary folk.
Social media also erupted in outrage, accusing an “apathetic government” of allowing the vaccination and sterilisation drive, launched with much fanfare in September as a “knee-jerk” reaction to a similar tragedy, to peter out slowly.
