Following his Dehradun tour, city-resident People for Animal Secretary Sudhir Khetawat said that a Britisher constructed a veterinary centre in his dog's memory and later a cowshed was also set up there.

''Due to spiralling urbanisation, there is a scheme to develop a mall in the busy quartier of Dehradun hence cowshed has to be shift but this thing is bothering animal lovers,'' he said, adding that the bovines would be deprived of the leftover food arrived from the nearby homes.

Social activist Mohan Joshi said that they urged Municipal Corporation to rescinded decision.