Dog sterilisation drive launched in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar(16/05/2025): The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday launched a dog sterilisation drive to minimise the stray dog population in the city. Bhubaneswar Mayor Sulochana Das flagged off the dog van at the BMC office in Bhubaneswar.

The sterilisation drive will be carried out by a Hyderabad-based animal welfare organisation namely 'Vets Society for Animal Welfare & Rural Development'.

The organisation has been assigned to sterilise around 2000 stray dogs per month.

There are more than 50,000 stray dogs in Bhubaneswar.

In view of stray dog menace, the BMC had started the sterilisation drive at Mancheswar after the High Court lifted the stay in January 2024.

However, the drive was suspended following allegations of violation of Centre's new Animal Birth Control Rules - 2023.

Recently, the civic body had launched a vaccination drive for the stray dogs in different locations to eliminate the risk of rabies caused by dog bite.