Lucknow: The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) on Tuesday opened an Animal Birth Control (ABC) training centre in Indira Nagar on Wednesday.The centre will train veterinarians, para-veterinary staff and animal handlers in dog sterilisation, anti-rabies vaccination and scientific animal management under the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023. It can train 30 participants at a time and has an operation theatre with two operating tables, a preparation room, two classrooms and a conference room.Urban development minister A K Sharma inaugurated the centre, while Mayor Sushma Kharakwal presided over the programme.“Animal welfare and public safety must go hand in hand. The training centre will strengthen sterilisation, vaccination and scientific management of dogs,” Sharma said, appreciating the civic body’s efforts.Mayor Sushma Kharakwal said, “The centre has been established under a tripartite agreement between LMC, the Animal Welfare Board of India and the Uttar Pradesh govt. Humane World for Animals will conduct the training.”LMC has been running its dog population control programme through Humane World for Animals since Sept 2019. So far, 1.08 lakh dogs have been sterilised.
