Performance Evaluation of the Management of Community Dogs in Himachal Pradesh: A Case Study

By : Deepak Sharma, Begi Ram

Page No: 104-116

Abstract
Street dogs live in proximity with humans, and therefore, have frequent interactions with them. The rising population of these community dogs and their interaction with humans has increased the various risks to the society and themselves as well. There are about 62 million community dogs in India wandering on the roads. Apart from their existence and dignified right to life, their interaction with humans has resulted in danger of getting several tropical diseases like rabies. In India, there are about 20,000 rabies cases of total 59,000 world cases which account about 36 per cent of the total world cases of rabies due to which Asia is also known as rabies capital. Against this backdrop, the management of community dogs has become pertinent in the present time. Therefore, to protect humans from any form of tropical diseases caused by these community dogs, it is pivotal to ensure compliance of policy framework and animal birth control rules formulated by the Government of India. The present study evaluates policy and its implementation by the local government in Himachal Pradesh, India.

Authors :
Deepak Sharma : Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, ICDEOL- Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India.
Begi Ram : Junior Research Fellow, Department of Public Administration, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/NL.2023.55.03.7