Lok Sabha Question No. 2760 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Increase in Street Dogs
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Thomas Chazhikadan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2760

TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  AUGUST, 2022

## INCREASE IN STREET DOGS

2760. SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the number of street dogs in the country has increased during the last five years and the current year and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the number of motor accidents caused and humans killed or injured due to the attack of street dogs during the said period, State/UT-wise including Kerala; and
- (c)  whether  there  is  any  provision  of  financial  aid  to  compensate  the  victims  suffering loss/damage due to such attacks and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) The data for number of street dog in the country is collected through Livestock Census which is conducted in every five year. As per the Census , the number of street dogs has declined from 171.4 lakh in 2012 in 19 th Census to 153.1 lakh in 20 th Census conducted during 2019. The State-wise number of street dogs as pet 20 th and 19 th Livestock Census are as under:
- (b) Data is not maintained.
- (c)  There  is  no  provision  for  financial  aid  to  compensate  the  victims  suffering    loss  due  to accident or killed due to street dogs .

| State-wise Number of Street Dog (Figures in Actual Number)   | State-wise Number of Street Dog (Figures in Actual Number)   | State-wise Number of Street Dog (Figures in Actual Number)   | State-wise Number of Street Dog (Figures in Actual Number)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                        | State/UT                                                     | Stray Dog                                                    | Stray Dog                                                    |
|                                                              |                                                              | 2019                                                         | 2012                                                         |
| 1                                                            | A&N Islands                                                  | 5300                                                         | 8167                                                         |
| 2                                                            | Andhra Pradesh                                               | 864816*                                                      | 1237988                                                      |
| 3                                                            | Arunachal Pradesh                                            | 11383                                                        | 464                                                          |

*Figures of Andhra Pradesh includes Telangana

| 4   | Assam            |   213898 |   516499 |
|-----|------------------|----------|----------|
| 5   | Bihar            |   696142 |  1037720 |
| 6   | Chandigarh       |    12922 |     7928 |
| 7   | Chhattisgarh     |   394686 |   343622 |
| 8   | D&N Haveli       |        0 |     2173 |
| 9   | Daman &Diu       |     3164 |     1134 |
| 10  | Delhi            |    60472 |    60472 |
| 11  | Goa              |    27864 |    16325 |
| 12  | Gujarat          |   931170 |   846093 |
| 13  | Haryana          |   464578 |   422474 |
| 14  | Himachal Pradesh |    76933 |    65220 |
| 15  | Jammu& Kashmir   |   308897 |   270577 |
| 16  | Jharkhand        |   436260 |   338617 |
| 17  | Karnataka        |  1141173 |   876081 |
| 18  | Kerala           |   289986 |   268994 |
| 19  | Lakshadweep      |        0 |        0 |
| 20  | Madhya Pradesh   |  1009076 |  1208539 |
| 21  | Maharashtra      |  1276399 |  1216093 |
| 22  | Manipur          |        0 |       23 |
| 23  | Meghalaya        |    10653 |     5350 |
| 24  | Mizoram          |       69 |        0 |
| 25  | Nagaland         |      342 |        7 |
| 26  | Odisha           |  1734399 |   862520 |
| 27  | Puducherry       |    19687 |    17676 |
| 28  | Punjab           |   290624 |   305482 |
| 29  | Rajasthan        |  1275596 |  1151015 |
| 30  | Sikkim           |    10695 |     8703 |
| 31  | Tamil Nadu       |   441208 |   647798 |
| 32  | Tripura          |    17078 |    10195 |
| 33  | Uttar Pradesh    |  2059261 |  4179245 |
| 34  | Uttarakhand      |    84459 |    47985 |
| 35  | West Bengal      |  1140165 |  1157170 |
|     | All India        | 15309355 | 17138349 |