Registration of pet dogs starts in Karachi

The Cantonment Board on Monday made registration of pet dogs compulsory, days after two dogs attacked a lawyer in the Karachi’s Defence area.

The CBC, in a notification, said under section 119 and the Cantonment Act 1924, it is now mandatory for all dog owners to get their pets registered. The rate of the form has been fixed at Rs250 while the registration fee will be Rs2,000 per dog.

The form requires the name of the dog owner, ID card number, address of the place where the dog is kept, mobile number, email ID, the colour of the dog, breed, sex, and why the owner is keeping it.

As per details, the date of vaccination of the dog will also be written in the form.

A vaccination card, with the signature of the dog owner, a photograph of the dog, a copy of the owner’s ID card, the vaccination report given by the doctors and a copy of the fee payment challan will be attached with the form.

Once the form is submitted, it will be the choice of the CBC whether it will allow the citizens to keep the dog or not.

The CBC said the non-registration of a dog will make it impossible for the board to determine whether the dog has been muzzled and is disease-free or not.

Thus, keeping an unregistered dog will be illegal and it will lead to the detention or culling of the dog, imposition of fines, or legal actions.

The dog registration form will be available at the cantonment board’s office.

Last week, a video went viral that showed two dogs attacking a resident in DHA.

On Saturday, a Karachi court had ordered the police to arrest the owner of two pet dogs who attacked a lawyer five days ago.

The Additional District and Sessions Judge South issued the orders after rejecting the appeal for pre-arrest bail of the owner, Humayun Khan, whose two dogs had attacked the lawyer Mirza Ali Akhtar leaving him severely injured.

The court said that “it was due to the negligence of the owner that the dogs attacked the lawyer, whose life is now in danger”.