Our filth, their fate: How Bengaluru's trash is killing its urban wildlife

Why are the city's animals dying from preventable deaths? Veterinarians and animal rescuers sound the alarm as a surge of diseases and injuries plagues urban fauna and domestic animals

- Bhavana MINT

As the piling of trash and parking of garbage trucks has been rampant across the city, another addition to the civic issues is the effects of harmful waste disposed of in the open, causing health and safety hazards to urban wildlife and domestic animals.

"Every house avails facilities of garbage collection from their doorsteps, yet the residents engage in disposing their waste on roads and open sites, becoming a feasting spot for animals. This needs to stop," said Dr K Pavan Achary, veterinarian from Sarvoham Animal Foundation. They see numerous dogs brought to them with cases of Parvo virus and many other severe diseases, which are the result of feeding on garbage.