Under Rajasthan’s stray dog management guidelines, which of the following handling methods is explicitly prohibited?

The State’s guidelines explicitly ban the use of tongs, wires, or nooses for handling stray dogs. Instead, the framework prescribes humane handling by trained personnel, permitting capture using nets or hands (with appropriate training and safety protocols). The brief also mentions new centres for sterilisation, vaccination, and deworming, feeding zones for each ward, and clear capture–treatment–release procedures, reinforcing a welfare- and rules-based approach rather than coercive or injurious measures such as tongs or nooses.