Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023
(1) These rules may be called the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a) "Act" means the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (59 of 1960);
(b) "Animal Birth Control enter" means a veterinary facility with surgical infrastructure, post-operative care kennels, quarantine kennels, isolation kennels, dog transport vehicles with necessary logistics and other such facilities as specified by the Board, built for the purpose of carrying out the Animal Birth Control Program for street dogs;
(c) "Animal Birth Control program" means Birth Control program carried out for animal under these Rules by a local authority or an animal welfare organisation.
(d) "Animal Shelter" means place where stray or street or abandoned animals are kept for adoption or rehabilitation, general treatment while they are ill or injured;
(e) "Animal Welfare Committee" means committee constituted under these rules for resolution of the community dog feeding;
(f) "Animal Welfare O
(1) The local authority may conduct the Animal Birth Control program through their own veterinary officers, or if required, local authority may engage the services of an Animal Welfare Organisation which is duly recognised by the Board for Animal Birth Control and which has the requisite training, expertise and human resources, for conducting the Animal Birth Control program as per the extant policy of the Board.
(2) Under both conditions referred to in sub-rule (1), obtaining a Certificate Project Recognition from the Board shall be mandatory.
(3) No local authority or organisation shall undertake, conduct or organise animal birth control program for street dogs without a Certificate of Project Recognition from the Board.
(4) Any Animal Welfare Organisation which is not disqualified from contracting under any law for the time being in force, may apply for Project Recognition by submitting their application in the Form-I appended to the First Schedule with a non
The Board shall not recognise any Project operated by the Local Authority or Animal Welfare Organisation under these rules, if--
(1) the information submitted by the local authority or Animal Welfare Organisation is found to be false or if the applicant has made deliberate misstatements in the application or provided falsified or fabricated records to the Board;
(2) the Animal Welfare Organisation at any stage prior to submission of the application for recognition under these rules, has been convicted of any offence under this Act or rules made thereunder, or any other State or Central Act promulgated for the protection of animals or for any offence relating to animals under any other law for the time being in force;
(3) the Animal Welfare Organisation has refused to allow the inspection team to perform inspection in the entire premises or part of the premises, or denied access to the documents or any records as mandatory under these rules.
(4) If the Pro
No Animal Birth Control Program for street dogs shall be conducted unless the local authority or the Animal Welfare Organisation has obtained a certificate of Project Recognition for conducting such a program under these rules;
Provided that any local authority or animal welfare organisation referred to in the first proviso fails to apply for the certificate of Project Recognition within a period of six months or has been refused the Project Recognition for any reason specified under these rules, then the concerned local authority shall discontinue such animal birth control programme. In case any dog catching or surgeries have been conducted then the same shall be stopped immediately and all the dogs shall be treated by the Project In-charge or an animal welfare organisation, until they are fit to be released.
(1) A certificate of Project Recognition for Animal Birth Control Center issued by the Board shall be valid for a period of three years from the date of recognition and may be renewed upon receipt of an application being made to the Board under these rules.
(2) An application for renewal of recognition shall be made, at least sixty days prior to the expiry of the Project Recognition for Animal Birth Control program, to the Board in the Form-IV appended to the First Schedule with a non-refundable Renewal Fee of five thousand rupees to the Board and the provisions of Rule 3 shall mutatis mutandi apply.
(3) The Board, after consideration of the inspection report submitted by inspection authority under sub-rule (3) of Rule 3 and on being satisfied that the Animal Birth Control Center is complying with the requirements as specified under these rules, may renew the Certificate of Project Recognition of the Animal Birth Control Center by issuing renewal in the format as given
Animals classified for the purpose of these rules are as under:
(1) Pet animals - dogs owned and kept indoor by individuals;
(2) Street dogs or community owned Indian dogs or abandoned pedigreed dogs which are homeless, living on the street or within a gated campus.
(1) In case of pet animals, the owner of the animal shall be responsible for the deworming, immunisation and sterilisation.
(2) In case of street animals, the local authority shall be responsible for deworming, immunisation and sterilisation and may engage an Animal Welfare Organisation duly recognised by the Board to carry out the animal birth control program in accordance with these rules.
The Monitoring Committees shall be constituted for effective implementation of Animal Birth Control Programs in accordance with these rules to control the population of street animals, for eradication of rabies and for reducing man-animal conflict and the Monitoring Committees shall be constituted as follows namely:--
(1) A Central Animal Birth Control Monitoring and Coordination Committee for Dog Population Management and Rabies Eradication shall be constituted to ensure coordination between different stakeholders at the Central Government and between the Central Government and the State Governments;
(2) The constitution of the Committee and its functions shall be provided in Schedule-II;
(3) A State Animal Birth Control Implementation and Monitoring Committee shall be constituted at the State or Union territory level in all States and Union territories. This Committee shall coordinate the implementation of the Animal Birth Control Program across the State in a
(1) The local authority shall ensure following facilities are available in each Animal Birth Control Center within their jurisdiction:--
(a) sufficient number of kennels and veterinary hospital facilities which may be managed by local authority or animal welfare organisation;
(b) requisite number of vans with necessary modifications for safe handling and transportation of dogs;
(c) a mobile Operation Theatre Van equipped with surgical infrastructure to be provided as mobile Center for sterilisation and immunisation for smaller local bodies, where considered necessary and where kennels for post-operative care are available;
(d) incinerators to be installed by the local authority for disposal of organs and carcasses and where an incinerator is not feasible, deep burial method may be adopted.
(e) periodic repair and maintenance of Animal Birth Control Center.
(f) close Circuit Television to be installed in the entire premises specifically in th
(1) Capturing of street dogs shall be conducted for the following reasons namely: --
(a) General purpose: for which the local authority in consultation with the Monitoring Committees shall decide to control the excess population of street dogs through animal birth control program in a specific area or region.
(b) Specific complaints: for which the local authority in consultation with the Monitoring Committee shall set up an Animal Complaint Cell at the Animal Birth Control Center to receive information or complaints about dog bites from street dogs suspected to be suffering from Rabies.
(2) The dog capturing team shall consist of: --
(i) the driver of the van;
(ii) two or more trained employees of the local authority or Animal Welfare Organisation who are trained in humanely capturing street dogs; and
(iii) One representative of any of the Animal Welfare Organisation nominated for the purpose;
Provided that each member of the capturi
The Project In-charge of the local authority or the Animal Welfare Organisation shall maintain the following records at the Animal Birth Control Center which are to be updated on daily basis:
(1) Record of animals including the following namely;
(i) The name of the area or locality from where the dog was captured;
(ii) Date and time of capture;
(iii) Names of persons in the capturing squad responsible for the capture;
(iv) Details about dogs captured-tag number of the dog, number of males, females, colour, identification marks and approximate age;
(v) Date and time of release; and
(vi) The name of the area/locality where the dog was released.
(2) Feeding Record for each kennel and Food Inventory.
(3) Treatment Record for each dog.
(4) Medicine and Vaccine Inventory.
(5) Mortality record.
(6) Equipment Inventory including surgical equipment and the like.
(7) Dog Van Logbooks.
(8) Staff a
The Project In-charge of the local authority or the Veterinarian in-charge of the Animal Welfare organisation conducting animal birth control program which has obtained Project Recognition under these rules shall:--
(i) submit a monthly progress report to the Local Animal Birth Control Monitoring Committee, of the number of street dogs sterilized and vaccinated with the following details in formats provided in Schedule III and IV namely:--
(a) total number of street dogs caught;
(b) total number of street dogs sterilized;
(c) total number of street dogs housed for observation only;
(d) total number of dogs that died before, during or after surgery;
(e) name and qualification of each veterinarian engaged with the project and the number of dogs sterilised by each veterinarian during the month;
(f) name and registration number of each veterinarian with number of Animal Birth Control surgeries conducted by him in each of the preceding mon
(1) The Board shall have the power to authorise an inspection team in writing to inspect any Animal Birth Control Center on receipt of a complaint or for periodical inspection:
(2) The inspection Team shall, have power to--
(a) enter into the premises and access to all areas within the premises and all animals, and records, to ascertain whether the requirements of these rules are being complied with;
(b) take pictures, record videos, and make copies of the records.
(3) The recognised unit under these rules shall be inspected at least once in a year.
(4) The inspection Team shall submit their report to the Board and to the State Monitoring Committee.
(5) No prior notice may be given by the inspection team for conducting such inspection.
(1) Incurably ill and mortally wounded dogs as diagnosed by a team appointed by the Local Animal Birth Control Monitoring Committee shall be euthanised during specified hours in a humane manner by intravenous administration of sodium pentobarbital or any other approved humane manner, by a qualified veterinarian.
(1) The team shall consist of the Jurisdictional Veterinary Officer, the Project In-Charge and a Representative of the Board or State Board.
(2) No dog shall be euthanised in the presence of another dog and the person responsible for euthanising shall make sure that the animal is dead, before disposal.
(3) The records for euthanasia shall be maintained with the reasons for euthanasia under the signature of the team appointed as above.
The local authority may establish an Animal Helpline. Either the Project In-Charge or the Animal Welfare Organisation shall be responsible for recording and resolving conflict cases that may be reported.
(1) On receipt of such a complaint, the details such as name of the complainant, his complete address, date and time of complaint, nature of complaint etc. shall be recorded in a register to be maintained for permanent record.
(2) The information of any dog bite shall be promptly shared with the Government Medical Hospital to recommend post bite treatment.
(3) Such animals shall be humanely captured and kept for observation at the Animal Birth Control Center and upon the advice of the Veterinary Practitioner, a dog showing symptoms of any communicable disease shall be housed in the Isolation Kennel where food and water shall be provided to the dog twice every day.
(4) Any suspected rabid dog would then be subjected to inspection by a panel of two persons
The reproductive organs removed from male and female dogs shall be stored in 10 percent Formaldehyde at the Animal Birth Control Center.
(1) The organs shall be counted fortnightly or monthly or as often as decided by the Local Animal Birth Control Monitoring Committee, by a team comprising of the following-namely:
(i) Chief Veterinary Officer or any Veterinary Officer authorised by him;
(ii) Project In-Charge Veterinary Officer;
(iii) Representative of the State Board or Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals;
(iv) Representative of any Animal Welfare Organisation:
Provided that the Animal Welfare Organisation which is conducting the Animal Birth Control program shall not be part of the Organ Inspection Team.
(2) The organs shall be preserved in separate plastic boxes marked with number of male and female genital organs and date of Surgery.
(3) The Organ Inspection Team shall count all the organs and verify the Progress
(1) After considering the report referred to in Rule 14 if the Board is of the opinion that any provisions under these rules are contravened or any violation of provision of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960 (59 of 1960) or rules framed thereunder has occurred, or in the event of cruelty, the Board shall issue show cause notice to the Animal Welfare Organisation or local authority running the Animal Birth Control Center for reply within fifteen days.
(2) The pending reply from the Animal Welfare Organisation or local authority, the Board may suspend its recognition by communicating reason in writing.
(3) The Board, based on the inspection report and the reply to the Show Cause Notice, may take action in accordance with this Act or direct the District Magistrate or District Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to take appropriate action against the violators in accordance with law for the time being in force.
(4) The Board shall have the power
Upon the advice of State Board, the Sterilisation of cats may be conducted by a recognised Animal Welfare Organisation with training and expertise in spay or neuter of cats, in a manner provided in the Guidelines for Cat Sterilisation and Immunisation, published by the Board.
(1) The infrastructure and reimbursement of expenses for a Cat Birth Control program shall be provided by the local authority.
(2) While cat sterilisation programs can be conducted in the Animal Birth Control Center provided for dogs, the cats must not be housed with or come in contact in any way with dogs.
(3) The post-operative care of cats must be done in a place where they do not suffer from unnecessary stress by the sounds or smells of dogs.
(1) It shall be responsibility of the Resident Welfare Association or Apartment Owner Association or Local Body's representative of that area to make necessary arrangement for feeding of community animals residing in the premises or that area involving the person residing in that area or premises as the case may be, who feeds those animals or intends to feed those animals and provides care to street animals as a compassionate gesture. The Resident Welfare Association or Apartment Owner Association or the Local Body's representative shall ensure:--
(i) to designate feed spots which are mutually agreed upon, keeping in mind the number of dog population and their respective territories and the feeding spots shall be far from children play areas, entry and exit points, staircase or in an area which is likely to be least frequented by children and senior citizen.
(ii) to designate feeding time depending on the movement of children, senior citizens, sports which is likely to
(1) The animal welfare organisation or any person aggrieved by the decision of the project Recognition Committee may prefer an appeal to the Board, within thirty days of receipt of the decision;
(2) The Chairman of the Board on receipt of the grievance shall constitute a Committee where the members from the Board and the relevant officials shall examine the grievance and the Committee shall after giving notice and giving an opportunity of hearing to the parties, either may reject or allow the appeal, for the reasons to be recorded in writing.
(3) Any local authority or animal welfare organisation or individual aggrieved by the decision of the Board, they shall file second appeal to the Secretary Department of Animal Husbandry within thirty days of receiving communication from the Board.
(4) The decision of the Secretary Department of Animal Husbandry treated as final decision with regard to the grievance.
(1) If there is local rules, bye laws, any Act, regulation for the time being is in force by the State or the Local Authority in respect of any of the matters for which provision is made in these rules, such rule, regulation or bye-law shall to the extent to which:
(a) it contains provisions less irksome to the animal than those contained in these rules, shall prevail;
(b) it contains provisions more irksome to the animal than those contained in these rules, be of no effect.
SCHEDULE-I | ||
[see Rule 6(3)]1. | ||
| Form-I | ||
Application Form for seeking permission of Animal Birth Control Program | ||
| Part-I | ||
| 1. | Organisation Details | |
| (a) | Name of the Organisation | |
| (b) | Address of the Organisation with pin code No. | |
| (c) | Telephone Nos. with STD Code and Mobile No. (Whatsapp No.) | |
| (d) | E-mail address | |
| (e) | PAN No. of the Organisation | |
Schedule-II | ||||||||||
[see Rule 9(2), (3), (4) and Rule 13] | ||||||||||
Constitution of Monitoring Committees | ||||||||||
1. Central Monitoring and coordinating Committee: The Central Monitoring and Coordinating Committee shall be constituted with the following members: (a) Secretary of the Administrative Ministry administering the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, shall be the Chairperson of the Central Coordination Committee. S.SCHEDULE-III
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