The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, (MoFAHD) on March 17, 2023, published the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023
These rules shall come into force on March 17, 2023
The following has been stated namely: -
• It has defined various terminologies such as "Animal Birth Control program", “Community Animals”, “Project Recognition Committee” etc.
• Animals for the purpose of these rules are classified as follows namely: -
(1) Pet animals - dogs owned and kept indoors by individuals
(2) Street dogs or community-owned Indian dogs or abandoned pedigreed dogs which are homeless, living on the street, or within a gated campus
• It has laid down the provision for the Responsibility for Vaccination and Sterilisation as follows: -
(1) In the case of pet animals, the owner of the animal shall be responsible for deworming, immunization, and sterilization.
(2) In the case of street animals, the local authority shall be responsible for deworming, immunization, and sterilization and may engage an Animal Welfare Organisation duly recognized by the Board to carry out the animal birth control program in accordance with these rules.
• It states that the local authority may conduct the Animal Birth Control program through their own veterinary officers, or if required, the local authority may engage the services of an Animal Welfare Organisation which is duly recognized by the Board for Animal Birth Control and which has the requisite training, expertise, and human resources, for conducting the Animal Birth Control program as per the extant policy of the Board.
• Form-I specifies the Application Form for seeking permission from the Animal Birth Control Program
• Form- II specifies the Certificate of Project Recognition
• Form IV specifies the Renewal of Project Recognition as per Part – II of Form – I
• Form V specifies the Renewal of the Project Recognition Certificate
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[Notification No. G.S.R. 193(E)]
