The Pune Municipal Company (PMC) is struggling to find out the place to accommodate 300 cats if their proprietor fails to relocate them. The civic physique had issued a discover to a resident of Marvel Bounty Society, Hadapsar, for maintaining an extreme variety of cats in a three-bedroom flat.
Earlier on Friday, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Pune district, additionally issued a discover to the pet proprietor, asking for the relocation of the 300 cats to an alternate website inside 48 hours. (HT PHOTO)
A senior PMC well being division official stated, “We are in a dilemma about where to house these cats if the owner does not relocate them. If the PMC has to intervene, we will need to sterilise and vaccinate them.”
She added, “If the owner fails to relocate the cats, the PMC will have to rescue them and move them to a shelter.”
Earlier on Friday, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Pune district, additionally issued a discover to the pet proprietor, asking for the relocation of the 300 cats to an alternate website inside 48 hours. The discover adopted an inspection carried out on Thursday after a number of complaints from society residents.
The discover was served to Rinku Bharadwaj and her sister, Ritu Bharadwaj, who stay within the Marvel Bounty Cooperative Housing Society with over 300 cats of their three-bedroom condominium. The inspection staff, consisting of officers from the Pune district SPCA, PMC, and Pune police, visited the residence on Thursday, making a chaotic scene within the society.
FIR in opposition to pig house owners
Pune Municipal Company has determined to file FIRs in opposition to pig house owners operating companies throughout the metropolis after the latest dying of 54 pigs in Kothrud inside a span of some days. The civic physique is taking steps to curb the pig menace in Pune.
Dr Sarika Funde, head of PMC’s animal husbandry division, stated, “We have directed all ward officers to file police cases against pig owners operating in the city. Between February 6 and 17, with the help of a contractor, PMC caught 171 pigs.”
A PMC official, talking on situation of anonymity, stated, “PMC conducted tests on the deceased pigs. Preliminary reports suggest the possibility of poisoning due to rivalry between pig owners.”