The state-of-the-art mobile veterinary clinic of Indian Project for Animals and Nature (IPAN), based in Ooty, is now in the city to provide free rabies vaccination for pet and stray dogs and to perform Animal Birth Control (ABC) for stray dogs.
The clinic, camped near the Corporation’s ABC centre at Ukkadam, has performed ABC for 125 dogs from Saturday.
Managing trustee of IPAN, Dr. Nigel Otter, said that the clinic – claimed to be the first of its kind in Asia – would be here for 15 more days. “The clinic donated by the United Kingdom about eight months ago has travelled to West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Kerala, Goa and Maharashtra,” he said.
He added that the clinic was instrumental in conducting training programmes for veterinarians on good practices in performing surgeries and avoid infections and related deaths of pets, for nursing assistants to assist veterinarians and for dog catchers to catch stray dogs, for vaccinations and ABC, in a humane way.
Dr. Otter said that animal lovers can bring their dogs to the mobile clinic for free vaccination.
He can be contacted at 9443699376 to get more details on where the animals could be brought.
After completing the ABC and vaccination camp in Coimbatore, the mobile veterinary clinic would head to Ranchi, in Jharkhand, he added.
