She suggested that the corporation have a vehicle for each zone to enable the NGOs to catch and then return the dogs within the zone after sterilisation.

Blue Cross of Chennai has agreed to send its members to train dog-catchers and also give equipment for humane catching, she said. Gandhi also suggested the names of NGOs like SPCA, People for Animals, Pawspack, Leela Parulekar or her representative, Manisha Joglekar and her group

In 2005, too, Gandhi had expressed unhappiness over PMC’s ways to tackle the dog menace. In 2007, she had described the city as a “living hell” for animals.

Pune’s representative of People for Animals, Manoj Oswal, also stressed the need for a proper method of dog management.