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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has identified the proprietor of a Labrador that was recovered abandoned successful a severely neglected information utilizing the microchip implanted successful the dog, and has decided to initiate enactment against the owner.
The dog, which was allegedly abandoned astir a week ago, was brought to the Besant Memorial Animal Dispensary (BMAD) from Purasawakkam by members of the public.
Sources astatine the BMAD said that the carnal was successful a mediocre condition, with maggot-infested wounds astir its eyes and different parts of the body. The canine is presently undergoing treatment.
Authorities traced the proprietor done the microchip. In 2025, the GCC made it mandatory for favored dogs to beryllium registered, micro-chipped, and vaccinated against rabies to support close records of favored ownership, amended illness control, and beforehand liable favored attraction crossed the city.
Each microchip carries a unsocial 15-digit recognition fig that tin beryllium work utilizing an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) scanner. Once registered, the fig is linked to details specified arsenic the pet’s name, breed, vaccination records, and the owner’s interaction information, enabling authorities to place the carnal if it is lost.
GCC Veterinary Officer Kamal Husain said the lawsuit demonstrated the value of mandatory microchipping. “We went to the registered code aft tracing the microchip, but the proprietor was not there. Through the phone, we confirmed that they had moved to a rental place. The proprietor informed america that determination were restrictions successful the location they had moved to. So this seems similar a wide lawsuit of abandonment,” helium said.
Mr. Husain said the GCC plans to initiate constabulary enactment nether the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.
Asked whether a good would beryllium imposed connected the owner, helium said the bid connected favored registration prescribes a good of ₹5,000 for unlicensed dogs and ₹500 for dogs that are not kept connected a leash successful nationalist places. However, it does not specify a punishment for abandonment.
A punishment volition beryllium decided and imposed if the proprietor fails to comply with the announcement issued, helium said.
