CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Central Government has framed the Animal Birth Control (Dog) Rule, 2001 which is to be implemented by the local authority to control the population of stray dogs. The main focus of the rules is on anti-rabies vaccination of stray dogs and neutering of stray dogs as means of population stabilization.

Detailed explanation-2: -Problems caused by street dogs India has more than 30 million stray dogs with more than 20, 000 people dying of rabies every year.

Detailed explanation-3: -The order pertaining to only Nagpur read, “Such feeding and care shall be undertaken by anyone only after formally adopting and registering these dogs with Nagpur Municipal Corporation. A penalty shall be imposed for feeding stray dogs out of the houses of feeders.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Owners may treat dogs as their children, but dogs aren’t human beings and hence a person cannot be booked under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC, for acts endangering human life, or likely to cause hurt or injury to any other person, the Bombay High Court has ruled.