As many as 75 pitbull and rottweiler house owners in Panchkula have gotten their pets registered within the final two weeks after the company set the deadline for October municipal 31 (Monday).

Before this notification, solely round 400 canines have been registered, of which eight have been pitbulls and 14 have been Rottweilers. Now, complete 97 pets of those two breeds are registered and the whole depend is 520.

The civic physique then issued a notification stating that house owners of canines, particularly pitbulls and rottweilers, should get their pets registered by October 31, or able to pay hefty fines.

From now on, each time pet house owners take their canines out for a stroll, they have to guarantee a token (issued by MC) round their necks. If a pet is discovered with out token in public, the proprietor should pay 5,000 tremendous the primary time and 10,000 the second time.

“Dog owners will also have to submit an affidavit with MC stating that if their dog bites any human being or animal, then the responsibility will be theirs. He or she will bear the expenses of the treatment and ensure that the person gets the best treatment,” the MC has acknowledged. These circumstances is not going to be relevant if there’s a canine present within the metropolis.

Also, the house owners have to make sure that their pets are totally vaccinated.

The metropolis has round 5,000 pet canines, however solely 520 are registered, resulting in a lack of an estimated 25 lakh to the civic physique that could possibly be earned in type of registration and renewal payment.

Under the Panchkula Registration of Pet Dogs Bylaws, 2010, it’s necessary for canine house owners to register their pets. Challans ranging between 500 to 5,000 may be imposed if a pet canine is discovered unregistered, relying on the “nuisance value”.

The Panchkula MC House had in its assembly on September 29 determined to place a ban on pitbulls and rottweilers, citing lethal in adjoining states.

But, the choice was opposed by the house owners these two breeds , who had held a protest outdoors the MC workplace.