nagpur seeing no end to the stray dog menace in the city animal activist has moved to the judiciary demanding compensation for victims of dogbites and resuming animal birth control abc programme immediately and continue it till the dog population is evidently controlledthe public interest litigation pil was filed in nagpur bench of bombay high court by activist ankita shah who personally pleaded before the court hc had issued notice to nagpur municipal corporation nmc which in its reply stated that the civic body has entered into a contract with government veterinary college for sterilization of stray dogs shah has also demanded disciplinary action against erring officers of local authorities and imposing exemplary cost on all respondents for dereliction of duties and violation of laws apart from nmc the other respondents are maharashtra pollution control board mpcb animal welfare board of india awbi department of animal husbandry district society for prevention of cruelty to animals spca and nandanvan police stationin the petition shah stated that people especially senior citizens and children are facing threats to their lives due to overpopulation of stray dogs in the city as reported by toi earlier around 50 cases of dog bites per day were reported in the city since april this year the petitioner pointed out that dog bites have reduced in cities that implemented animal birth control rules 2001 which have been developed by world health organisation who sterilization and vaccination is the only solution to control problems caused due to stray dogs apart from spaying of females and castration of male dogs antirabies shot should also be given apart from reducing numbers sterilization will also control aggression among dogs that will not get into fights with each other during mating season shah statedapart from this the petitioner has also demanded reconstitution of a district spca toi had earlier reported that the district administration failed to form spca in the district even after 15 years of central government issuing a notification about the same this had became evident from the rti replies submitted by the district officers shah added that a local ngo named nagpur spca which also received grants from awbi is being run by dr kailash marwah but is not utilizing the shelter and ambulance for animal welfare the petitioner also highlighted the conditions of nmcs temporary shelter at bhandewadi and prayed for restraining the local body from using the shelter for all kind of activities in april toi had reported about heaps of dog carcasses some halfburned lying openly at the shelter posing serious threat to human lives following which mpcb had inspected the shelter and issued a closure notice while hearing the petition the court also issued notice to the board which in its reply has stated that improvements have been made at the shelter