The services of Street Dog Watch Association, a ngo through which the British citizen Mary Muscroft had been successfully tackling the stray dog menace in the beach resort of Kovalam since 2013 is to be used for another six months. At present, the locals and hoteliers in Kovalam are depending on Ms. Muscroft in case of any emergency related to dogs. Ms. Muscroft along with her husband, Steve is extending the helping hand from the two rented houses that has a clinic and a full-fledged operation theatre for carrying out sterilisation. As many as 88 resident dogs are in our home now and we take care of 160 dogs’’, Ms. Muscroft, who is also a professional singer, told The Hindu on Saturday. The ABC programme had helped the people and not the dogs, Ms. Muscroft says, urging the citizens to keep in mind the point ‘ignore the canines and they will ignore you’.

Source: The Hindu February 18, 2017 17:37 UTC