In an effort to control the growing population of pet cats, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) urged cat owners in the city to pay a fee and register their cats.
“As we are all aware, registration is mandatory for pet animals like dogs and horses in the city, but now cats also have to be registered as per rule,” Ashish Bharti, Health chief for Pune Municipal Corporation, said.”
People are allowed to keep one or two cats inside their homes, but they must first register them on the website of the Pune Municipal Corporation. Additionally, registration can be completed on a mobile device. Raising concern over the rising population of cats, Ashish said, “As we are seeing the population of pets, especially cats and dogs, is increasing rapidly, so as per the rules of the central government’s Animal Welfare Board of India, we have to do processes of birth control of cats across the various areas of Pune city.”’
“To control the birth of cats, a tender is also being issued, and soon we will start the sterilisation process of cats as a part of birth control measures, so we want to appeal to the owners of the pet to get themselves registered,” Ashish said further.
It is important to note that starting 13 November, there will be a fee of Rs 50 as an annual licencing fee for the registration of cats, in addition to the process of registering pet dogs with the PMC.