I don’t have any doubt that Chandigarh is India’s best city, not just because it is one of the most well planned city in India, but also because of the law enforced and abiding the city dwellers. I was reading somewhere earlier that Chandigarh Traffic police has thrice got Asia’s best traffic police award. So it was not surprising when I read yesterday about taxing dog owners for having more than 2 dogs, making mandatory to clean their dog’s pooh and making laws to take care of situations when a dog bites someone. This is a common practice in west and many of the developed countries. The most surprising part was not to let dog breed. Above that the administration has also asked the residents not to buy and sell pets from each other. Read: Times of India, 11-Aug-09
All said, I think everything is fine except an extreme case of not letting dogs mate, after all they have their needs, which need to be fulfilled and it cannot be suppressed. Not allowing them to mate & breed is not the solution. Probably dog contraceptives are the new way to go… condoms for dogs; (I hope KS or Durex guys are reading this…) ;)
