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) ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDI‘ areata sta og wear ate (Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt of india) (sateen ds Hare, ae HEAR) MAJ. GEN, (Retd.) Dr. R. M. KHARB, AVSM CHAIRMAN D.O. No. 101-2007-COAWBI 2 Jan, 2040 deachyet f, Subject: The order passed by Hon'ble Justice V.K. Jain on 18.12.2009, in the stray dog feeding matters The Board has deliberated upon the order passed by the Hon'ble Court. Known faceis of dog behavior and the views of experts have been taken into account before arriving at certain guidelines (enclosed) that we want to issue to persons who feed stray dogs, and to Animal Welfare Organizations. A copy of this letter is therefore being marked to the lawyer representing the petitioners Kindly also share these guidelines with the lawyers representing other parties, such as the Delhi police, M.C.D., etc. We shall | circulating these among the Animal Welfare Organizations registered with us. They slvul also be shared with the Residents’ Welfare Associations and similar bodies. We trust that eventually, the objective that we are seeking to achieve, of reducing stray dog population, and controlling the spread of rabies, shall be achieved with minimum inconvenience to residents. tlk: 7a R / ee (Dr. RM. Kharb) Maj. Gen. (Retd.), AVSIM Chairman, AWB! Mrs. Anjali Sharma, Advocate Chamber No. 334 Delhi High Court New Delhi-110003 Copy to: Mr. Kanchan Singh, Advocate for petitioners And Advocates representing the other parties in these matters Post Box No. 8672, 13/1, Third Seaward Road, Valmiki Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600 041 E-mail : mkawbi@yahoo.co.in # awbi@~c" vsnl.net.in Website : www.awbi.org Camp Office : 3767, Sector - 23, Gurgaon - 122 017 (Haryana) Tele Fax : 0124-4105664 MAJ. GEN. (Retd.) Dr, R. M. KHARB, AVSM es GUIDELINES FOR E LOCAL Feeding of stray dogs may lead to some inc residents who do not like dogs. However, the pur) of confining dogs to the locafities they inhab) possible. and thereby br important, and for the 12 down stray” dos «public good. the Animal Welfare Board of India is of the vie feeding of stray dogs. the following considerati (i) Community dogs must be fed and tend less frequented. and sparingly used b minimize inconvenience to both, hun been noticed that these dogs, espec's! crowded places and places: where no's they tend (0 retreat with entables to areas therefore. that are immedi residents congregate in large numbers (ii), Dogs are territorial by nature and can of feeding them, ‘They must not there state. seeking te do so will lead to

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