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The Tamil Nadu Animal Welfare Board (TNAWB) is readying to found six carnal shelters crossed the State nether the Vallalar Palluyir Kappagangal Scheme for abandoned, rescued, and injured animals.
The Board said that the shelters volition relation nether the Department of Animal Husbandry to location abandoned, injured, rescued, and ferocious animals that request to beryllium acceptable isolated from the different animals and necessitate further care.
The shelters volition relation arsenic per the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, and by definite guidelines issued by the Board, according to a connection released recently.
Medical attraction and exigency attraction astatine the shelters volition beryllium overseen by veterinarians deputed by the Regional Joint Director of the department. Eligible dogs admitted to the shelters volition beryllium sterilised astatine adjacent Animal Birth Control (ABC) centres, based connected fittingness certification by the deputed veterinarian, the statement, dated February 24, 2026, added.
Each structure volition person 4 carnal handlers and 1 cook, whose deployment and outgo volition beryllium borne by the Board. Selected organisations volition besides prosecute further night-shift handlers.
Financial assistance volition beryllium provided towards carnal provender and operational expenses, taxable to the attraction of due accounts and submission of utilisation certificates, the connection read.
Organisations managing the shelters volition support intake, treatment, feeding, medicine stock, and mortality registers, and widen co-operation for inspections by Board and departmental officials.
