Animal Birth Control and Anti-Rabies programmes

On 26th January 1994, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) abolished a gruesome practice of killing stray dogs. This giant step resulted from numerous meetings and discussions with various Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), including the BSPCA. For several years now, the Hospital has implemented the Animal Birth Control and Anti-Rabies (ABC/AR) Programme along with the other NGOs. A separate ward that can accommodate 30 dogs at a time has been established for the sterilization project.

Today, the BMC still continues to nab stray dogs but their modus operandi has changed. These dogs are deposited with the BSPCA and other NGOs where they are looked after, sterilized, branded for easy identification and vaccinated against rabies before being returned to their original habitat. Dogs apart, even larger animals like buffaloes are regularly vaccinated against diseases.