The Jaipur Municipal Corporation is preparing to intensify action against pet owners who have not registered their animals, with the civic body working with pet shops to identify unregistered pets across the city.
The Jaipur Municipal Corporation, or JMC, registered around 6,000 pets between August and October after launching its registration initiative in August, according to a report by the Times of India. The number remains substantially below the civic body’s estimated pet population of 45,000 to 50,000 animals.
JMC had earlier said that pet owners who failed to register their animals by September 30 would face a fine. The corporation is now preparing to conduct more checks and take action against owners whose pets are found to be outside the registration system.
To expand the registration drive, JMC is coordinating with pet shops across Jaipur. The corporation plans to collect details of people who have purchased pets from these outlets and verify whether the animals have been registered. Owners identified through this process may face action under the applicable rules, the report said.
A JMC official said the estimated number of pets in Jaipur was between 45,000 and 50,000. Against that estimate, the roughly 6,000 registrations recorded between August and October represent about one-eighth of the city’s expected pet population. The gap has prompted the civic body to widen its approach beyond voluntary registration.
The use of pet-shop purchase records gives the municipal corporation an additional channel for identifying owners who may not have responded to the initial registration campaign. The report does not specify the number of shops participating in the arrangement, the size of the proposed enforcement team or the amount of the fine applicable to non-compliant owners.
The registration exercise places pet ownership within the city’s broader municipal compliance framework. Its immediate focus is to bring more animals into the corporation’s records, while the next phase will involve checking registration status and initiating action against owners who have not complied with the rules.
JMC’s intensified checks and coordination with pet shops are the next stated steps in the campaign. The civic body has not provided a further deadline for the expanded verification exercise in the information available.
