Stray Dog Menace
Stray Dog menace is still a serious issue in Kashmir despite many solutions and measures proposed from time to time.
Stray or street dog menace is major problem for Jammu and Kashmir .
Stray or street dogs, known in scientific literature as free-ranging urban dogs,are unconfined dogs that live in cities. They live virtually everywhere where cities exist and the local human population allows, especially in the developing world and the former USSR.
In our region we all are aware about the facets that Street dogs may be stray dogs, pets which have strayed from or are abandoned by their owners, or may be feral animals that have never been owned.Street dogs may be stray purebreds, true mixed-breed dogs, or unbred landraces such as the dog. Street dog overpopulation can cause problems for the societies in which they live, so campaigns to spay and neuter them are sometimes implemented. They tend to differ from rural free-ranging dogs in their skill sets, socialization, and ecological effects.
Stray Dog bites over the years have taken many a precious lives in Kashmir.
Stray dog bites are a big worry causing deaths and injuries.
Stray dogs have bitten around 58,869 persons in the last decade in Kashmir, which works out to 16 such cases on an average per day.
Some years back it was known,
As per a report by the department of Community Medicines, Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar, around 58,869 persons were bitten by the dogs in the last ten years (2011 to 2021) in Kashmir. The people in Kashmir are pressing authorities to do more about the issue as the dog attacks have seen a rise in recent months.
Srinagar district is among the worst hit districts by dog menace.