The verdict offers hope, notably to these in Kangeyam, Vellakoil and Dharapuram in Tiruppur district and Chennimalai in Erode district to maintain livestock farming.
According to them, the discover issued to the secretaries of Department of Animal Husbandry in all States and union territories, searching for their response on framing of nationwide coverage to take care of the issue, has been a long-felt want.
The Supreme Court directive, specifically, has addressed the demand of Tiruppur and Erode for confinement of avenue canines affected by rabies and people exhibiting aggressive behaviour in enclosures by the respective native our bodies, P. Velusamy, president of PAP Vellakovil Branch Canal (Kangeyam-Vellakovil) Water Conservation Association, stated.
The directives proscribing public feeding of avenue canines and agency dealing with of those that impede seize of such canines will likely be as a lot useful to the farmers, Mr. Velusamy stated.
The farmers have, nevertheless, determined to go forward with their protests demanding compensation from the federal government for the livestock killed thus far by the wandering canines.
The farmers have complained that they haven’t been supplied the compensation introduced by the federal government regardless of submitting the functions in specified codecs.
Out of ₹61.80 lakh that the State Government had allotted for cost of compensation for animals and poultry misplaced to avenue canines: cattle (₹37,500 every) every, goat/sheep (₹6000 every), rooster (₹200 every), affected farmers in Tiruppur have been sanctioned ₹14 lakh within the first part.
The farmers in Tiruppur have identified that the compensation was undervalued and that their precise losses was shut to 1 crore rupees.
The farmers have determined to start their protest demanding rapid settlement of compensation on the Tiruppur Collectorate on Sunday.
Published – August 23, 2025 10:22 pm IST
