Animal rights activists voice their concerns at a discussion on India’s Animal Birth Control rules organised by the Compassionate Citizens of India at the Press Club of India.
The dogs will survive whatever orders are passed. But institutions are more fragile than we imagine. Once lost, the trust they embody takes generations to rebuild.
Sneha Shrestha feeds hundreds of stray dogs a day in Kathmandu. A long-awaited draft animal welfare law was under process in Nepal, but then the violence happened, she rues.
ABC effort is at centre of debate on stray dog management following SC order that has prompted nationwide protests. ThePrint talks to ABC centres on sterilisation & challenges they face.
From euthanasia & mass culling to neutering & multi-faceted policies, ThePrint takes a deep dive into stray management in different countries in the backdrop of angry protests against SC order.
While a section including both individuals and groups such as RWAs have welcomed the move to remove strays, animal rights groups have termed the order ‘cruel’ and ‘inhuman’.
Animal rights activists criticise judgment as short-sighted. Rescuers say solution lies in controlling stray population through vaccination and sterilisation, not in mass removal.
Each year, April is observed as the month for prevention of cruelty to animals. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of laws and significant dates associated with the movement.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
ThePrint is at the forefront of the pro-stray dog lobby. It is due to the connections, social networks and public pressure brought on the Supreme Court by the likes of ThePrint that the judges had to backtrack and water down the earlier order.
This just compounded the misery of the common man. Neither can he keep his family safe and secure due to the stray dog menace nor can he expect any action from the municipal authorities. His children are the most vulnerable ones to stray dog maulings and all he can do is helplessly watch.
The elites of Indian society have decided that the life of a stray dog is way more precious than that of the common man or his children. And they have forced the Supreme Court to bow down to their wishes.
ThePrint is at the forefront of the pro-stray dog lobby. It is due to the connections, social networks and public pressure brought on the Supreme Court by the likes of ThePrint that the judges had to backtrack and water down the earlier order.
This just compounded the misery of the common man. Neither can he keep his family safe and secure due to the stray dog menace nor can he expect any action from the municipal authorities. His children are the most vulnerable ones to stray dog maulings and all he can do is helplessly watch.
The elites of Indian society have decided that the life of a stray dog is way more precious than that of the common man or his children. And they have forced the Supreme Court to bow down to their wishes.