New Delhi
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) increased the number of dog-catching vans at Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Stadium on Saturday, a day after two coaches from Kenya and Japan were bitten by stray dogs during the ongoing World Para Athletics Championships, an official said.
According to an MCD spokesperson, dog-catching teams had been deployed on the stadium premises ahead of the event on September 25 to pick up stray dogs and send them to the nearest animal birth control (ABC) centres.
“Since then, 27 dogs have been picked up from the area. After the dog bite incidents, we deployed five vans and five more dogs were caught today,” an official from the Veterinary Department said.
Stray dogs continue to enter the stadium through its 21 entry points, the official said, adding that garbage and food waste strewn in the area also attract them despite the MCD’s clean-up drives.
