Amala insists stray dog vaccination

“Stray dogs do not come to attack people. They throng dumper bins placed at street corners for leftover food. If people keep their surroundings clean without dumping any leftover food in front of their houses, stray dogs will never visit the place and not pose any threat to children,” says Blue Cross Hyderabad founder Amala Akkineni while launching World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) merchandise in the city on Friday.

Speaking about stray dog menace, Amala said, “Dogs do not have any intention to harm people or children. However, they are animals and tend to run if one takes to heels at their sight or hurls stones at them. They are not anti-human. Dogs need to be sterilised.” She insisted the people of Vijayawada to prevail upon the municipal corporation authorities to implement the ABC and vaccination programmes to preempt any threat from stray dogs.