The city is home to nearly 1.02 lakh stray dogs, of which over 30,000 are yet to undergo sterilisation. Following this revelation, the BMC has decided to spend Rs 15 crore on the sterilisation process – the highest amount to be spent on this initiative in the last 17 years. The initiative is part of the dog control department's Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme.

Six NGOs oversee the stray dog sterilisation process. Representation pic