*Chairman SPCA (DC Doda) chaired meeting of disttict level committee members.*

Doda, June 11, District Development Commissioner Doda, Vikas Sharma who is also Chairman of Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), chaired meeting of District level members here in his office chamber at DC Office Doda.

 

Member Secretary (Chief Animal husbandry Officer Doda), Dr Sanjay Sen presented the detailed agenda and issues in implimentation of various laws for prevention of cruelty to animals.

 

The meeting was attended by Chairman MC Doda, Ved Prakash Gupta, District Panchayat officer Doda Mohammad Idrees Lone, Dy SP Headquarters, Jaswant Singh, Vice president Dr Farooq Kelam, DIO Doda and EO MC Doda.

 

The mandate of the society is to work for the welfare of all types of animals and to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the District.

The house was informed that Rescue Response Teams (RRT) are established in all the 17 blocks of the District.

 

DC directed CAHO Doda that any animal (domestic or stray) and  bird if in need of medical help must be treated and shifted to nearest veterinary hospital. He further directed the concerned to speed up the process of construction of cattle pond on the already identified 2.5 kanal land at Bharat Road.

The CAHO was also directed to liaison with DYSSO so that the NGOs can also be roped in on this noble cause.

District police was asked to register FIR against the owners whose cattle or dogs remain stray in the market. The FIR shall also be lodged against persons involved in animal cruelty.