Kathmandu Carries Out Sterilization of 1,120 Community Dogs in Just 10 Days
Kathmandu — In collaboration with partner organizations, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has sterilized 1,120 community dogs over the past 10 days. According to veterinarian Dr. Pooja Khanal, the sterilization campaign was launched across all wards starting from Kartik 14 (October/November 2025), in partnership with various animal welfare organizations. The sterilized dogs and cats were also administered anti-rabies vaccinations.
Last year, 670 animals were sterilized, and 16,569 received rabies vaccinations. Similarly, in fiscal year 2080/81, the metropolitan sterilized 5,500 dogs and cats and vaccinated 16,000 animals against rabies. The campaign to sterilize and vaccinate community dogs and cats has been running regularly since fiscal year 2079/80.
On Asoj 22, interested organizations were invited to apply for the sterilization and rabies vaccination program. Five organizations were selected and assigned responsibilities across different wards.
Sneha’s Care was assigned wards 2, 8, 12, 13, 14, and 29, where it sterilized 156 animals in ward 14.
Kathmandu Animal Treatment Center Clinic (CAT Clinic) was given wards 11, 21, 22, 24, 28, and 30, and sterilized 29 dogs in ward 11.
The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Nepal (SPCA Nepal) was assigned wards 1, 3, 4, 5, 18, 26, and 27. The organization sterilized 62 dogs in ward 1 and 84 in ward 3.
Mandala Veterinary Hospital was assigned wards 6, 10, 23, 25, 31, and 32, where it sterilized 33 animals in ward 6 and 344 in ward 32.
Kathmandu Animal Treatment Center (Cat Center) was given wards 7, 9, 15, 16, 17, 19, and 20. So far, it has sterilized 403 dogs in ward 16.
The selected organizations signed agreements on Kartik 13 and began work the following day.
The Department of Agriculture and Livestock has announced plans to sterilize around 4,000 dogs before Poush, with the possibility of sterilizing an additional 4,000 if budget allows.
Kathmandu Metropolitan City will provide a payment of NPR 2,500 for each dog or cat sterilized and vaccinated against rabies.
