The Tamil Nadu Animal Welfare Board (TNAWB) has planned to train nearly 500 veterinarians to carry out Animal Birth Control (ABC) programmes across the State, especially in municipalities and town panchayats that do not have qualified vets.
In a sensitisational workshop on the ABC programme for officials from municipalities, corporations, and town panchayats, the TNAWB on Thursday said measures are being taken to ramp up efforts to sterilise and immunise stray dogs.
Around 280 officers were trained on strategies and scientific approaches to undertake birth control programmes. However, several urban local bodies lack the infrastructure and manpower to conduct ABC procedures and are dependent on animal welfare organisations to sterilise stray dogs.
