- MBF has the potential to create millions of jobs and grow the economy to over ₹15,000 crore
New Delhi: A group of animal rights activists has appealed to all state governments to adopt the Man’s Best Friend (MBF) model to address the stray animal problem. Addressing a press conference at the Press Club of India, Delhi, animal activist Sankshay Babbar explained that MBF is a national public safety and administrative mission aimed at providing a lasting solution to the human-dog conflict in India. He said that this initiative has the potential to develop a regulated canine economy worth over ₹15,000 crore and create millions of jobs.
Animal activists present at the press conference said that MBF views stray animals not as a problem, but as an administrative and economic opportunity. This model integrates identification systems, over 80% vaccination coverage, sterilization tracking, behavior monitoring, and structured deployment of community dogs into an integrated accountable system.
He explained that under MBF, existing animal pounds will be converted into government veterinary hospitals and trauma units—enhancing sterilization capacity, creating employment opportunities for veterinarians, and generating sustainable revenue for states. Through a centralized mobile app, municipal corporations and feeders will be able to track sterilizations, feeding zones, health checks, behavior reports, geotagged databases, microchipping, and adoption campaigns.
Under this framework, accredited private medical centers will be involved in sterilization services, society dogs will be trained as security aides, therapy dogs will be deployed in hospitals, reflective collars will be fitted to dogs and cattle to reduce road accidents, and indigenous dog adoption will be encouraged and a structured tax regime will be implemented on foreign breeds.
Moving away from policies based on stray animal removal, the MBF will work towards controlled coexistence—reducing bite incidents, eliminating the threat of rabies, restoring civil order, and establishing a self-reliant, humane administrative system.
Concluding, Sankshay Babbar said, “Our country has always been an animal-loving nation—the semi-animal forms of our Gods and the worship of animals reflect this. We pledge to improve human-animal relations through the MBF, honoring our cultural heritage and following the path of our ancestors.”
