LUCKNOW: If you have not taken the licence for your pet dog or haven't got it renewed after expiry then get it made on priority. Failure to do so could invite a fine of Rs 5,000, or worse, your pet may be taken away by civic authorities.
Lucknow Municipal Corporation has decided to conduct a door-to-door survey of pet owners from June 1. It will penalise those who do not have the licence of their pet dogs. Eight LMC teams with four members each will conduct the door-to-door survey. As per LMC records, there are around 4,000 pet dogs in the city. Owners of only about 2,500 pet dogs took or renewed the license last year.
LMC chief veterinary officer Dr Arvind Rao said the teams will seize pet dogs without the licence and release them only after the owners pay a fine of Rs 5,000. If the owner fails to pay the fine, the pet will be sent to the LMC dog shelter home in Indiranagar, he added.
"Every pet owner is required to carry a bag to pick the dog's poop and dispose it of but many do not follow the rule. We get four complaints daily from neighbours of pet owners on dogs defecating outside their homes," Dr Rao added
