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The Orissa High Court has lifted the stay on the sterilization of stray dogs in the state after the government constituted a monitoring committee as directed by the Supreme Court. The state has been facing an increase in dog bite cases, with Odisha being among the top 10 states with the most cases last year. The Animal Birth Control program requires catching, vaccinating, neutering, and releasing stray dogs. Odisha has the second-highest number of stray dogs in the country.
The complaints this year are significantly higher than that in 2021-22 when 4,158 such complaints were received an average of 11 complaints a day. In 2022 -23, AMC received 8,509 complaints, around 23 complaints a day.