Sterilise and return. Don't kill.
Support humane Animal Birth Control - sterilise, vaccinate, and return street dogs - instead of killing, dumping, or driving them out.
Empty a street of dogs and new ones move in by evening. The map hates a vacuum.
Here's the science
- What happensKilling or driving out free-roaming dogs to cut their numbers
- HowRemoved dogs are quickly replaced by others from around, so culling does not lower rabies
- SoCulling is not an effective way to control rabies; sterilise-and-vaccinate is
Strongest - many studies agreeGLOBAL
“Culling free roaming dogs is not effective in controlling rabies.”
India's Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023 set out the humane sterilise-vaccinate-return approach as the lawful method.
Source: Rabies - Key facts - World Health Organization (WHO)(checked 2026-07-18)
And when we do it
Dog numbers ease down gently, more dogs get vaccinated, and streets grow safer - without cruelty or wasted effort.
You couldn't have known. Now you do.