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Tamil Nadu drafts policy to Ban breeding of Double Coated dogs

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28 Feb, 2024

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The Tamil Nadu Animal Welfare Board is speaking out against the inbreeding of dog breeds that are too cold for the warmer climate of India. This project is a reaction to growing concerns about the welfare of double-coated breeds in the hot and humid Indian climate, including Basset Hound, French Bulldog, Alaskan Malamute, Keeshond, Newfoundland, Norwegian Elkhound, Tibetan Mastiff, Siberian Husky and Saint Bernard . It is a part of a larger draft dog breeding policy.


The Tamil Nadu Animal Welfare Board registration requirement for all breeding canines and the requirement for pet owners to maintain their information with the TNAWB were emphasized in the proposed regulation.



The draft policy is an innovative attempt to address the sometimes disregarded aspect of animal welfare: the suitability of particular dog breeds to the local climate. It was influenced by a directive from the Madras High Court.


The Tamil Nadu Animal Welfare Board member Shruti Vinodh Raj stated: "These high-maintenance breeds that thrive in cold climates are brought down to places like Chennai where they suffer from various health issues, skin diseases, and abandonment." The board gets a lot of emails about these pets being abandoned. While activists continue to claim that it is ridiculous to forbid breeding foreign dogs instead of managing stray dogs



The proposed policy of the Tamil Nadu Animal Board demonstrates how our knowledge of animal care is developing. It takes on a specialized but important problem head-on, establishing a precedent that could spur similar initiatives elsewhere. While the policy is being finalized, it serves as a ray of hope for the many dogs that suffer in silence and serves as a constant reminder that human decisions and obligations are fundamentally linked to the wellbeing of dogs.

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