The Central Government has notified the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023 under Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960
This is superseding the Animal Birth Control (Dog) Rules, 2001.
As per the extant Rules, the Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme for the sterilization and immunization of the stray dogs are to be carried out by the respective local bodies/municipalities/Municipal Corporations and Panchayats.
The Municipal Corporations need to implement the ABC and Anti Rabies Program jointly.
The Rules also provides the guidelines how to deal with the human and stray dog conflicts without relocating the dogs in an area.