The civic body-s recently launched cat sterilisation programme has seen a higher number of female cats being sterilised than male cats with the male to female ratio being 30:70. Veterinarians say the reason behind this trend is the urgency among people to get the -kitten-bearing- felines sterilised on priority.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC decided to start four sterilisation centres for cats to tackle the rising feline population. It finalised the Bombay Veterinary College in Parel, In Defence of Animals IDA in Govandi, the Universal Animal Welfare Society in Malad and the Animal And Bird Care and Advanced Research Centre in Goregaon.