Lok Sabha Question No. 4698 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Survey of Stray Animals
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SADHU SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4698 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2018

## Survey of Stray Animals

4698.   PROF. SADHU SINGH:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  of  Stray  Animals  including  cow, buffalo and dogs etc.
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to protect such stray animals?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) and  (b)  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  has  not  conducted  any survey of Stray Animals including cow, buffalo and dogs etc. The Information regarding the number of stray cattle and stray dogs as published in the 19 th Livestock Census 2012 by the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture in both Rural and Urban areas in the States/Union Territories is enclosed as Annexure I.
- (c)  This  Ministry  is  providing  financial  assistance  to  the  recognized  Animal  Welfare Organizations through Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) for the protection of stray animals.

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Statement referred to in reply to part (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †4698 to be answered on 23.03.2018

## 19 TH  LIVESTOCK CENSUS- 2012

| S. No.   | Name of the State / Union Territories   | Stray Cattle   | Stray Cattle   | Stray Cattle   | Stray Dogs   | Stray Dogs   | Stray Dogs   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the State / Union Territories   | Rural          | Urban          | Total          | Rural        | Urban        | Total        |
|          | (1)                                     | (2)            | (3)            | (4)            | (5)          | (6)          | (7)          |
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands               | 3624           | 71             | 3695           | 7083         | 1084         | 8167         |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh                          | 28539          | 13979          | 42518          | 1050356      | 187632       | 1237988      |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                       | 77             | 0              | 77             | 464          | 0            | 464          |
| 4.       | Assam                                   | 20746          | 2167           | 22913          | 505762       | 10737        | 516499       |
| 5.       | Bihar                                   | 249733         | 12616          | 262349         | 987500       | 50220        | 1037720      |
| 6.       | Chandigarh                              | 535            | 1443           | 1978           | 1225         | 6703         | 7928         |
| 7.       | Chattisgarh                             | 125249         | 12873          | 138122         | 293929       | 49693        | 343622       |
| 8.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                     | 317            | 712            | 1029           | 746          | 1427         | 2173         |
| 9.       | Daman &Diu                              | 376            | 169            | 545            | 872          | 262          | 1134         |
| 10.      | Goa                                     | 5882           | 1301           | 7183           | 13598        | 2727         | 16325        |
| 11.      | Gujarat                                 | 237963         | 54499          | 292462         | 650915       | 195178       | 846093       |
| 12.      | Haryana                                 | 84554          | 32655          | 117209         | 363476       | 58998        | 422474       |
| 13.      | Himachal Pradesh                        | 30736          | 1424           | 32160          | 62623        | 2597         | 65220        |
| 14.      | Jammu &Kashmir                          | 4451           | 3914           | 8365           | 214105       | 56472        | 270577       |
| 15.      | Jharkhand                               | 20010          | 6032           | 26042          | 310222       | 28395        | 338617       |
| 16.      | Karnataka                               | 41986          | 22772          | 64758          | 661413       | 214668       | 876081       |
| 17.      | Kerala                                  | 3963           | 718            | 4681           | 233483       | 35511        | 268994       |
| 18.      | Lakshadweep                             | 280            | 0              | 280            | 0            | 0            | 0            |
| 19.      | Madhya Pradesh                          | 379846         | 58064          | 437910         | 1082745      | 125794       | 1208539      |
| 20.      | Maharashtra                             | 99074          | 55413          | 154487         | 866720       | 349373       | 1216093      |
| 21.      | Manipur                                 | 42             | 0              | 42             | 23           | 0            | 23           |
| 22.      | Meghalaya                               | 2410           | 0              | 2410           | 5062         | 288          | 5350         |
| 23.      | Mizoram                                 | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0            |
| 24.      | Nagaland                                | 0              | 0              | 0              | 7            | 0            | 7            |
| 25.      | NCT of Delhi                            | 10461          | 1702           | 12163          | 30311        | 30161        | 60472        |

| 26.   | Odisha        |   1120137 |   18914 |   1139051 |   684796 |   177724 |   862520 |
|-------|---------------|-----------|---------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 27.   | Puducherry    |         9 |      86 |        95 |     7867 |     9809 |    17676 |
| 28.   | Punjab        |     81728 |   19263 |    100991 |   256178 |    49304 |   305482 |
| 29.   | Rajasthan     |    840674 |  105376 |    946050 |  1041265 |   109750 |  1151015 |
| 30.   | Sikkim        |         0 |       0 |         0 |     7245 |     1458 |     8703 |
| 31.   | Tamil Nadu    |     38897 |   28359 |     67256 |   455553 |   192245 |   647798 |
| 32.   | Tripura       |      3743 |     403 |      4146 |     8612 |     1583 |    10195 |
| 33.   | Uttar Pradesh |    495846 |  513590 |   1009436 |  3881081 |   298164 |  4179245 |
| 34.   | Uttarakhand   |      9953 |    3551 |     13504 |    34733 |    13252 |    47985 |
| 35.   | West Bengal   |    364654 |    9206 |    373860 |   908210 |   248960 |  1157170 |
|       | Total         |   4306495 |  981272 |   5287767 | 14628180 |  2510169 | 17138349 |