Pet owners in the Uttar Pradesh capital are concerned about losing their much-loved animal friends following the ban on 23 dog breeds. The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) announced a ban on sale, breeding or keeping of foreign breed dogs ‘dangerous to human life’ and also decided not to issue licences for dogs of banned breeds that are not sterilized and vaccinated.
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Can't register banned breeds as pets
Lucknow Municipal Corporation will run a door-to-door campaign from April 1 to enforce the central government ban on 23 dog breeds from being kept as pets.
The LMC officials said the civic body will not issue new licenses for these breeds as pets from April 1.
Breeding centres will also be prohibited from breeding them, they added.
Existing pets allowed
However, people who already own these breeds of pets will be allowed to keep them provided they have a licence and are duly registered with LMC.
The pet owners will have to get their dogs sterilised and vaccinated and get the licenses renewed. They can keep the pups if the female of these breeds is pregnant at present, but no procreation will be allowed in the future.
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Unregistered dogs to be confiscated
Dr Abhinav Verma, LMC animal welfare officer, said a fine of Rs 5,000 will be imposed and the dog will be confiscated if a pet owner is found to have a dog of the banned breed without licence and registration.
According to LMC, there are about 400 dogs of such breeds as pets in Lucknow.
Ban on 23 dog breeds
Earlier, the Union Animal Husbandry and Dairy Department had asked states to ban dog breeds considered as “ferocious” and “dangerous to human life”.
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These breeds are Pitbull Terrier, Tosa Inu, American Staffordshire Terrier, Fila Brasileiro, Dogo Argentino, American Bulldog, Boerboel, Kangal, Central Asian Shepherd Dog, Caucasian Shepherd Dog, South Russian Shepherd Dog, Tornjak, Sarplaninac, Japanese Tosa and Akita, Mastiffs, Rottweiler, Terriers, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Wolf Dogs, Canary Dogs, Akbash, Moscow Guard and Cane Corso.
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