Despite numerous complaints about street dogs, The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials report that over 80% of community dogs in the city have been sterilized.
A GHMC official stated, “More than 80% of community dogs have been sterilized in the city, with some areas reaching over 90%. The only exceptions are the peripheral and hill areas, which have not yet been fully covered. However, almost all city center areas have achieved a 90% sterilization rate.”
According to official data, the GHMC, in collaboration with animal welfare organizations, sterilized perform around 50,000 sterilizations annually. The numbers for subsequent years are as follows: 73,601 in 2021-22, 47,874 in 2022-23, and 51,887 in 2023-24.