chennai an old debate over allowing pets in apartment complexes has been reignited with some residents associations serving deadlines to pet owners to abandon the animals this comes in the wake of the death of 11yearold ashish arvind who fell from the terrace of a threestorey building while trying to evade a neighbours dog on saturdaythe first to take this decision is air india quarters in meenambakkam where ashish lived our association has put up circulars asking residents to abandon their dogs we have asked blue cross to take care of stray dogs we dont want such a tragedy to happen again said pk rajeevan secretary of air india quartersa resident of a building in velachery pinned up a copy of a report on the boys death on a notice board along with a letter asking residents not to keep dogs or other pets at least 10 residents in the building who have dogs are quite upset as a result it was a tragic accident but the solution is not to ban pets in apartments we cannot just abandon our dogs on the streets or leave them at a shelter the answer is to make sure pets are trained properly a resident