Bhubaneswar: The dog squad of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday raided the house of a dog breeder and rescued 40 dogs of foreign breeds.
According to sources, the person had been trading in dogs for a long time and had kept them in a house illegally constructed on government land at Laxmisagar in the city. A notice was issued asking him to vacate the land.
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The raid was conducted as he failed to respond to the notice. The BDA officials also reached the spot for evicting the dog breeder.
The dogs have been shifted to a different locality, the sources added.
