While several local bodies in the State continue to grapple with a ‘stray dog crisis’, Kollam district panchayat has launched a project to mitigate the menace. In a first of its kind initiative, ferocious packs will be moved to the stray dog shelter nearing completion inside the 106-acre hi-tech dairy farm at Kuriyottumala. Equipped to accommodate around 1,000 stray dogs, the shelter has been built in consultation with the Animal Husbandry Department.
“It’s a novel initiative and we don’t have any model to fall back on. Though the construction has been completed, experts wanted some additional facilities to prevent any possible complications. At present, we are installing extra cages and provisions for feeding, while the shelter will be functional in a couple of months,” says district panchayat president P.K. Gopan.
