Why are stray dogs released back in same location after sterilisation?

Stray dogs caught for sterilisation are released back in their same location after surgery and post-op care as per the Animal Birth Control rules in India.

CCC conducts FREE sterilisations of stray dogs. Relocation of stray dogs and cats is illegal as per the animal welfare rules in India. When dogs are sterilised and put back in their own area, the population and the problems caused by dogs both reduce.

Here’s how: Each dog guards its territory and does not allow new dogs to enter. Since they are all neutered, they no longer mate or multiply. The main factors leading to dog aggression—migration and mating – are eliminated. So dog fights reduce dramatically. With the decrease in fighting, bites to other dogs or humans also decrease. Since females no longer have pups to protect, this source of dog aggression is also eliminated.

Over a period of time, as the sterilised dogs die natural deaths, the population is greatly reduced. Please remember, that there is NO overnight solution to the street dog issue. It is simply not possible to wish all the dogs away. With sterilisation, the population becomes stable, non-breeding, and decreases over time. It also becomes largely non-aggressive.

On the other hand, when dogs are removed or killed, new dogs keep entering an area and the population is continuously changing, unstable, aggressive, multiplies at a high rate, and may carry rabies.