MARGAO
The Margao Municipality seemed unclear and confused how to go about the Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme as it will be now 12 months since the existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a city-based NGO had expired in December last.
Sources in the know say the Municipal sanitation section has now put up a note to the Chief Officer Agnelo Fernandes with a plea to rope in the Mission Rabies and those associated with the programme to take the ABC programme forward.
The Goan, however, understands that the Chairperson Lyndon Pereira is of the opinion that the civic body should retain the South Goa Animal Welfare Trust (SGAWT) to continue the ongoing operations.
Says Lyndon: “I am aware of the delay in renewing the MoU signed with the SGAWT to handle the ABC programme in the city. Stray dog population has shown an increase in the city. We can find strays on the prowl in the wards and in the interior areas of the city.”
Saying the MMC is committed to take the ABC programme forward, the chairperson said the civic body has also written to the government to explore the possibility of handing over the veterinary hospital sheds at Sonsodo to the civic body as part of the plan to expand the operations and bring down the stray dog population.Saying the MMC is committed to take the ABC programme forward, the chairperson said the civic body has also written to the government to explore the possibility of handing over the veterinary hospital sheds at Sonsodo to the civic body as part of the plan to expand the operations and bring down the stray dog population.
