According to civic officials, the number of sterilisations has been reduced since 2019. “We appointed NGOs to catch and sterilise dogs. But catching them is a very skilful job and many of the dogs have already been sterilised so the number of new sterilisations is lower now,” said Kalimpasha Pathan, general manager of Deonar Abattoir of the BMC. He added that the BMC is instead focusing on anti-rabies vaccination of dogs so even after a dog bite there isn’t any human fatality. “In the last few years, though the numbers of dog bites are above 60,000, no human casualty has been recorded in Mumbai,” said a 
BMC official.

Meanwhile, city MP Rahul Shewale has written to the BMC about forming an action plan regarding the stray dog menace. In a letter dated October 27 to civic chief Iqbal Singh Chahal, Shewale mentioned that there was a fatal attack on the postman in Mumbai by stray dogs. “It is evident that many of these stray dogs do not receive proper care, nourishment, or medical attention, which leads to various diseases among them. This is a distressing situation for all animal lovers and compassionate individuals,” the letter read. Shewale proposed the establishment of a shelter house for these stray dogs as a solution to the problem.

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