What city has 20,000 stray dogs?
Barton Conroy
2025-10-21 11:02:13
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The municipal corporation (MC) of Mohali has failed to rein in the growing stray dog menace, with the population now touching nearly 20,000.
The stray dog population has doubled in the past three years, rising from about 9,000–10,000 in 2023 to nearly 20,000 at present.
MC medical officer of health, Dr Sanjeev Kamboj, admitted that no fresh census has been conducted, but estimated that the stray dog population is at around 20,000.
The stray dog population has doubled in the past three years, rising from about 9,000–10,000 in 2023 to nearly 20,000 at present.
However, experts have warned that the problem will be worsened if two-third of the dog population is not sterilised within a year.
Residents too are demanding urgent action.
Mohinder Pal Singh, president of the Residents Welfare and Development Committee, Sector 79, said, “It is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court and must be implemented here as well.
It is not that we hate stray dogs — we love them too.
But what about when a stray dog attacks a child, a woman, or an elderly person?
It has become a terror.”
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