
ABC programme to be expanded in Kochi
The Hindu
Kochi Corporation to add more facilities to veterinary hospital, related infrastructure at Brahmapuram
Seven years after its launch, the Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme of the Kochi Corporation is set to fortify its activities.
The Corporation is thinking in terms of strengthening the programme by adding more facilities to the veterinary hospital and other related infrastructure at Brahmapuram. The existing ABC facility will have to be shifted to a new location when the new solid waste treatment plant comes up. More facilities would be added to the unit, including the boarding facility for community dogs taken for sterilisation and vaccination at the new centre, said T.K. Ashraf, chairman of the health standing committee.
Currently, the civic body has engaged three veterinarians and animal catchers. On a daily average, eight to nine dogs are caught and taken to the ABC facility.

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