Chandigarh Municipal Corporation seeks Animal Husbandry dept`s opinion over allowing ferocious breeds of dogs as pets
(WorldNews India)

THE CHANDIGARH Municipal Corporation sought an opinion from Joint Director, UT Animal Husbandry Department, Dr Kanwarjit Singh, over whether or not should the city people be allowed to keep ‘ferocious` breeds of dogs as pets. The move comes in view of recent incidents of dog bites involving breeds like Pitbull, Rottweiler etc in Chandigarh. The letter was sent from the office of Medical Officer of Health, Dr Amrit Pal Singh. “Since after an untied Pitbull went wild in a residential locality and bit at least five people in Sector 30, numerous complaints and suggestions have been received, demanding a ban on the registration of dogs of specific breeds, considered to be aggressive, in...