Erstwhile BBMP’s stray dog feeding programme in Bengaluru on backburner

Key points

• The erstwhile Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike’s (BBMP) ambitious project of feeding stray dogs, which was announced in 2025, has been shelved following the formation of five new corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), sources said.
• The project has been put on the backburner mainly due to a lack of interest, which activists say ‘should not have happened’.
• However, it is a legal obligation for the corporations to feed stray dogs as per the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023, and the civic body itself had clarified that feeding is a ‘statutory requirement’ for them.
• According to a GBA official, the feeding project was not even considered during budget allocation, although the corporations have earmarked funds for overall stray dog management.
• A major portion of the allocation was dedicated to establishing infrastructure for relocation and the ABC programme.