kochi the high court on wednesday reminded the state government that it is its responsibility to protect citizens from the attacks of ferocious dogs by removing them from public spaces the court also directed for police action to curtail the unauthorized killing of dogs by the publica division bench comprising justice ak jayasankaran nambiar and justice gopinath p highlighted the responsibility of the government while pointing out the series of orders the court had passed earlier asking the government and other authorities to ensure the implementation of animal birth control abc measures and vaccination for community dogs following the special sitting on wednesday the court ordered the government to include the steps taken by it in the actiontaken report to be filed before it by fridayin the interim order the court said the state administration must remind itself of the fact that in its role as a welfare state and as parens patriae authority of state to protect persons who are legally unable to act of the citizenry it is obliged to protect the citizens from the attack of ferocious dogs by identifying and containing such dogs and removing them from public spacesstate government informed the court that it has already taken certain decisions and that a detailed report would be furnished by fridaythe court drew the governments attention to its order passed on august 2 2021 when the thrikkakkara municipality was directed to identify areas to rehabilitate community dogs on october 29 2021 state animal welfare board was ordered to assess locallevel infrastructural facilities available for carrying out abc measures and suggest measures for augmenting them on july 8 2022 the board was ordered to publish the list of veterinary hospitals with night emergency services on its website and to ensure that they function round the clockasking the government to report the measures taken on the above orders by friday the court said that these orders were issued with a view to keep a check on the proliferation of community dogs and to ensure that they were duly vaccinatedthe amicus curiae in the case pointed out that there are reports of unauthorized killings of community dogstaking note of this the court directed the state government to issue suitable public instructions through the state police chief clarifying that while the state administration is taking necessary steps to contain dog bite incidents the citizenry shall also refrain from taking law into their own hands by inflicting unnecessary harm on community dogs