Southern
actress
Trisha
Krishnan,
a
long-time
People
for
the
Ethical
Treatment
of
Animals
(PETA)
India
supporter,
has
written
to
Chennai
Mayor
Saidai
Duraisamy
asking
him
to
scrap
plans
to
roundup
30,000
dogs
and
confine
them
to
pounds.
"I
respectfully
urge
you
to
scrap
the
plan
to
round
up
as
many
as
30,000
dogs
from
the
streets
and
imprison
them
in
15
new
pounds
in
Chennai.
Warehousing
dogs,
even
if
they
are
sick
or
old,
for
the
rest
of
their
lives
is
extremely
cruel," said
Trisha
in
her
letter
to
the
mayor.
"Chennai
has
used
dog
pounds
in
the
past,
and
this
approach
failed
to
control
either
the
dog
population
or
rabies.
Removing
dogs
from
the
streets
leaves
their
territories
vacant,
which
results
in
an
influx
of
other
dogs
from
neighbouring
areas," she
added.
Trisha
also
requested
for
a
humanitarian
way
of
handling
this
issue.
"Locking
up
dogs
like
prisoners
will
never
end
Chennai's
animal
overpopulation
problem.
I
respectfully
urge
you
to
solve
the
problem
the
smart
and
humane
way
by
stopping
it
at
its
source.
Please
focus
Chennai's
efforts
on
an
aggressive
animal
birth
control
and
anti-rabies
programme," wrote
Trisha.
Known
for
southern
films
such
as
Ghilli,
Krishna
and
Samar,
Trisha
is
currently
busy
shooting
for
Tamil
action-drama
Boologam
and
Telugu
comedy
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