‘Dogs have gone back to old territories; ABC programme has resumed’

Catching all the dogs in a particular patch within a short time frame and ensuring 100 p.c. sterilisation is the best approach, says Don Williams from the Blue Cross of India

Wind back to the pre-pandemic days. The IT corridor hardly bedded down. Food joints operated close to midnight, with the odd coffee joint staying open into the witching hour for IT employees on the graveyard shift. Strays would besiege every eatery with an air of expectancy. With lockdowns and the resultant remote work turning the IT corridor into a ghost town, a knock-on effect on the canine population was inevitable. With slim pickings, strays migrated to places where they could expect food.

This situation resulted in two contrasting pictures: One raising the question of where the dogs had gone; and the other of whether the canine population was being managed properly.

Don Williams, general manager — rescues at Blue Cross of India says that though the ABC programme had been put on hold during intense lockdowns and severe restrictions, “the increase in dog population in some areas were the result of movement (in search of food), and not reproduction,”