TN colleges to form anti-stray dog committees

IN response to the recent Supreme Court guidelines, the Higher Education Department has directed all higher educational institutions in Tamil Nadu to compulsorily form stray dog prevention committees to ensure students' safety in campus.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Chennai

The committee's aim is to ensure that there are no stray dogs on the campuses of higher educational institutions. To monitor this, the respective college principals have been appointed as nodal officers.

The committee, headed by the nodal officer, is to be formed with a senior teaching staff member, a student representative, a member from an NGO, and an official from the Animal Husbandry Department or a veterinarian.

Following the direction of the Higher Education Department, college managements have begun forming committees in their respective institutions and conducting awareness campaigns for students on protection from stray dogs, rabies, and related issues.

College principals appointed nodal officers