Dog population has gone up after sterilisation!

Dog population has gone up after sterilisation!
By MVK Anil Kumar

The stray dogs menace has become the biggest topic, after the World Cup in Bangalore! Two children have already become sad victims to it, and there has been a public outcry for tougher and decisive action against the stray dogs. What has been the action taken up to now on this vexed issue by the Brihat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)? How much money has been spent by it on Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme? Here are the details, as provided by the official authorities in response to a query under the Right To Information Act:
1. No of dogs caught, Sterilized, Vaccinated against rabies and euthanized from 2002-03 to 2006-07 by NGOs and Dept of AH & VS.

Year	Total No. of dogs Caught	Total No. of Sterilized dogs	Dogs Vaccinated against Rabies	Total No. of dogs Euthanisation	Expenditure in Lakhs
2002-2003	23918	17319	22271	4990	79.87
2003-2004	39926	30582	47965	7873	123.16
2004-2005	42076	32907	62134	7786	108.12
2005-2006	44250	35168	67194	8173	135.54
2006-2007 (upto Jan-07)	33826	26330	50891	7151	63.86

2. Total Amount paid to each NGO since 2002-03 to 2006-2007

Year	Name of the Organization	Amount Spent for Sterilized dogs (Rs)
2002-2003	Cupa	2978825
	Karuna	2184000
	ARF	2751700
2003-2004	Cupa	4196983
	Karuna	1886000
	ARF	2765960
	Krupa	1104600
	AST	1360510
2004-2005	Cupa	4446510
	Karuna	2294420
	ARF	2996690
	Krupa	1074900
2005-2006	Cupa	4702310
	Karuna	3232880
	ARF	4048670
	Krupa	1570710
2006-2007	Cupa	2341280
	Karuna	1378340
	ARF	1702770
	Krupa	964250

3. The amount paid per sterilization and vaccination and euthanisation of stray dogs to each NGO is as follows:

S.No	Name of the Organization	Package No	Cost of ABC per dog in Rs.		Cost of Annual repeat ARV per dog in Rs.	Cost of Euthani sation per dog in Rs.
S.No	Name of the Organization	Package No	Male	Female
1	KARUNA	1 &2	400	420	40	60
2	CUPA	8, 9 & 10	375	395	40	60
3	KRUPA	3 & 4	410	430	40	60
4	ARF	5 & 6	400	420	40	60
5	AH & VS	7

4. NGOs entrusted with Animal Birth Control Programme.
1. Animal Rights Fund (ARF)
2. Krupa Loving Animals (KRUPA)
3. Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA)
4. Karuna Loving Animals (KARUNA)
5. THE ANALYSIS OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Year	Total No. of Sterilized dogs	Average Amount per sterilisation & vaccination per dog Rs.(406+40) TotalAmount	Total No. of Vaccinated dogs @ Rs.40/- per dog	Total amount for Vaccination In Rupees	Total Amount for Euthanisation @ Rs.60/-per dog	Total Amount of expenditure incurred In Rs.	Total amount spent as per BMP Rs.in Lakhs
2002-03	17319	7643994	4952	198080	299400	8131474	79.87
2003-04	30582	13639572	17383	695320	472380	14807272	123.16
2004-05	32907	14676522	29227	1169080	467160	16312762	108.12
2005-06	35168	15684928	32026	67194	490380	16242502	135.54
2006-07 (upto Jan-07)	26330	11743180	24561	982440	429060	13154680	63.86 (Sept 06)
Grand Total	94405	63388196	85184	3112114	2158380	68648690	510.55

A = Total number of dogs sterilised
B= Average Amount taken as fixed for sterilisation and vaccination by BBMP
C= Total number of dogs vaccinated
D=Total amount for vaccination
E= Total Amount for Euthanisation
F=Total amount to be paid to NGO’s for carring out ABC programme
G= Total amount paid by BBMP to NGOs
The total cost of ABC programme since 2002 to 2006 September is Rs.686.49 Lakhs
The Amount paid by BBMP to NGOs from 2002 to 2006 September is Rs.510.55 Lakhs
The difference is Rs.175.94 Lakhs
How is the difference in expenditure adjusted?
As per BBMP the total no. of dogs sterilised and vaccinated is 35,168 +32,026 =67,194 for the year 2005-06.
However, according to a news item published in the Week Magazine dated Feb 5, “12,997 were vaccinated and sterilised in India last year”.
The total population of vaccinated & Euthanised dogs during 2003-04 is 47,965 + 7,873 = 55838
As per the 17th livestock census held in Oct-Nov 2003 the stray dog population in Bangalore City was 56154 (56,154-55,838=316)

The total number of dogs sterilised during 2004-05 is 32,907 (32,907-316=32,591)
Only 316 dogs were not sterilised during the year 2003-04 but the dog population has increased by 32,591 during the year 2004-05 i.e. an increase of about 58%
The total number of dogs sterilised during 2005-06 is 35,168 i.e. an increase of about 62%
The total number of dogs sterilised during 2006-07 (upto January) is 26,330 i.e. an increase of about 46%.
After the sterilisation the population of dogs should have come down, but as per the figure provided there is an enormous increase by 32,591 (58%) during the year 2004-05, 35,168 (62%) during the year 2005-06 and 26,330 (46%) up to January 2007: Is this ABC programme effective?
(The contributor is Convenor, KRIA Katte, Karnataka Right to Information Activists Forum)

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