The Hon. (Prof.) L.M. Abeywickrama
Prof. L.M. Abeywickrama raised concern that the stray dog population had become an acute crisis, citing incidents in Matara District involving attacks on calves, road accidents, and increased hospital costs from injuries and dog bites. He said earlier measures and proposals, including sterilization programmes, had ceased in 2025 and asked the Deputy Minister whether there is a short-term action plan to expedite control measures.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, about four months ago in this very session I raised this question. Various measures have been tried historically to reduce stray dog populations—culling, sterilization programs, etc. Since none of that happened in 2025, the stray dog population has become a severe crisis. In Matara District, in some places stray dogs jump into cattle pens and catch calves. There are many road accidents due to dogs too, causing high hospital costs for treatment of the injured and dog bite victims. The main problem is that although various proposals were presented, they have now ceased; even sterilization is not being done. As no action was taken, the situation has now become acute.
¶ 02 Hon. Deputy Minister, my first supplementary is: is there a short-term action plan to accelerate this work?
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