Over 2 lakh bite cases in 2 years: Govt sets up panel to recruit specialist teams to check stray menace

: Srinagar, Oct 26With the stray dog population continuing to haunt people across Jammu and Kashmir, the government has moved to staff the specialist teams it created to rein it in, setting up a high-level committee to screen and select the veterinary surgeons, para-veterinarians and dog handlers who will run the Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme. In an order issued on Wednesday, the Housing and Urban Development Department constituted a Screening-cum-Selection Committee for the engagement of personnel under the Expert ABC verticals of Jammu Smart City Limited and Srinagar Smart City…