panaji even as the state government has brought in guidelines pertaining to the feeding of stray dogs stakeholders said that the core problem the uncontrolled rise of the canine population hasnt been addressed they said that although the government in its policy acknowledged the explosion in population it hasnt offered any solutions they said the policy said that the ratio of street dogs to humans is nearly four times the global averageit underscores the failure of mass sterilisation in goa and is a portent of far more serious problems than just feeder vs community the directorate of animal husbandry and veterinary services said animal rights activist kabir gamaroy one of the principal stakeholders in the formulation of the policy said that the guidelines are for conflict resolution between communities and feeders and pet owners and resident welfare associations so that everyone knows the law but the guidelines only address half the problem he said until we reduce the rapidly rising stray dog population conflicts will continue he added the government should undertake mass sterilisation on a war footing which is the need of the hour he further said goa is smaller than a district in maharashtra and its very easy to sterilise on a large scale the state monitoring committee for street dog sterilisation has come to a standstill it was decided that we have to jump from sterilising 10000 strays a year to 40000 strays a year and thats where the matter diedif the stray dog population is not brought under control it will not be long before rabies enters goa a rabiescontrolled state through its porous bordersthe government needs to set up talukawise animal birth control monitoring committees and set deadlines with penalties for sterilisation to achieve targets he said the government has many vets and needs to decide whether routine jobs of tagging animals and sending reports or controlling the street dog population is more important it must send its own vets on to the field and also coopt private vets to assist once a week in the mass sterilisation veterinary surgeons can be taken in on contract basis too he suggested dog feeder gregory dmonte said that the guidelines dont address the problem of pseudocaregivers and those who choose to feed strays at their convenience inside gated complexes by luring the dogs inside and relocating them in his colony at kadamba plateau he said that this has caused tension and conflicts between strays born inside the societys compound and those brought in to be fed in the bargain one of the stray dogs killed my cat he said adding that he got no justice despite writing to authoritiesthe guidelines are a hogwash he told toi the authorities are clueless many local bodies dont have a format for registration of dogs they follow the old 1942 portuguese format who will implement these guidelines i put up a proposal for providing feeding locations and mobile shelters for strays and asked for a singlewindow approval