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The Wire
2015
Authors/contributors
Srinivasan K., Rao S., Kasturirangan R.

Why does India, despite more than a hundred years of government-led dog control efforts, continue to witness to recurring debates on these decidedly serious issues?

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2015
Authors/contributors
Srinivasan K., Rao S.

Dogs are just one element of a complex set of factors that result in bites and rabies. Therefore, these public health risks cannot be addressed by controlling dogs alone, but require a multipronged approach that must incorporate other elements.

Transactions cover
2012
Journal
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Authors
Srinivasan K.

The UK is widely regarded as a nation committed to animal welfare. On the other hand, the precarious lives of India’s stray dogs have attracted a considerable amount of international animal activist attention, and raised questions about the nation’s indifference to these animals.

Economic and Political Weekly
2007
Journal
Economic and Political Weekly
Authors
Srinivasan K., and Nagaraj V.K.

Rather than implement animal birth control through sterilisation and adhere to the rules of solid waste management, the municipal authority in Bangalore recently launched a programme to kill all stray dogs. This is only an eyewash, meant to placate certain groups and gain political mileage.