Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 29

The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is deliberating to ban dangerous breed of pet dogs such as Rottweiler and Pitbull.

Though there is no such ban on dogs at present, in view of dog-bite cases involving the canines, the civic body is mulling banning these.

Councillor Maheshinder Singh Sidhu, who is also a member of the MC’s sanitation committee, said: “In the recently concluded national dog conference, we had taken up the idea of banning the ferocious dogs. We will bring the matter to the Finance and Contract Committee or directly to the General House.”

“We will have a provision that those who already possess these dogs will be allowed to keep them till their life span. However, no new registration of such dogs will be done and these will be banned,” said Sidhu.

Several nations across the world have banned dangerous breed of dogs. However, no such ban is there in India and there is no provision.

“We will make new bylaws and will approve them in the House,” said the councillor.

Officials said they would do an area-wise survey of both male and female dogs. Following this, they would concentrate more on the sterilisation of female dogs. This is being planned on the suggestion by Dr Charan Kamal Singh from Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, who held that only female dogs should be sterilised. As per him, sterilising every dog is wastage of time and money.

Officials are also planning to make it mandatory to register every pet shop. Dr Amrit Warring, said: “The suggestions that were taken up during the conference will be placed before senior officers and further course of action will be decided.”