India Karuna Collaborative calls for a collective approach to animal welfare

India Karuna Collaborative (IKC), a network of non-profit organisations and people committed to ending animal suffering in the country, has initiated a series of new awareness programmes.

These include a common pledge to bring together organisations and influential voices to advocate for animal welfare, value-based education, and climate-conscious living.  On the Supreme Court’s recent order to remove stray dogs from educational institutions, hospitals, sports complexes, bus stands and depots, and railway stations, and to relocate them in designated shelters post sterilisation, IKC founders Sethu Vaidyanathan and Parag Agarwal called for more science-backed humane approaches.

“When there are dog bites, it is a real issue. But the only sustainable solution lies in entirely large-scale Animal Birth Control (ABC) programmes,” said Mr. Agarwal. 

“Locking up animals in shelters without adequate facilities is not the right solution. A large number of ABC centres  operated by the city Corporation will only be the long-term solution,” he addded.  “When Indian families adopt indie dogs without prejudice or preference for foreign breeds, we take a step towards ending the human-animal conflict. Governments must play a far larger role in this process, working hand in hand with NGOs and private organisations,” Mr. Vaidyanathan said.