Dharna by All India Animal Protection Forum members

Even as demand is mounting for action against stray dog menace in Kerala, some members of the 'All India Animal Protection Forum' today observed a fast in front of the secretariat here to protest against culling of dogs by a section of people.

The strike was led by All India Animal Protection Forum President Krishna Arjun and veteran actress Anju Mahendroo.

Krishna Arjun said in a statement that when dogs are being killed in an inhuman way, the State government was watching it like a "mute spectator".

The street dog menace in Kerala had recently assumed alarming proportions forcing government to work out ways to tackle the problem.
 

During 2014-15, some 1.06 lakh people in the state were bitten by dogs, according to the state government

In the latest incident, a three-year-old boy was seriously injured in a stray dog attack near his house at Kothamangalam near Kochi.