This comes days after Supreme Court modified its contentious 11 August ruling and said community dogs are to be sterilised, vaccinated, and returned to their original territories.
After photos & videos purportedly pointing to cruelty against stray dogs inside the Rohini centre spread like wildfire on WhatsApp groups, animal lovers rushed to the spot, demanding answers.
Bench says any direction for impounding the stray dog population necessitated a look at the existing infrastructure and human resources available with municipal bodies.
Top court directs municipal authorities to create or identify designated feeding areas in each ward. Dogs infected with rabies or those showing aggressive behaviour not to be released.
In response to question by Congress MP Gurjeet Aujla, Centre informs Lok Sabha that between 2022 & now, 12 advisories issued regarding implementation of Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules.
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.
Cities like Lucknow have reduced street dog numbers by as much as 80 per cent through sterilisation drives carried out by NGOs such as Humane World for Animals and municipal authorities.
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’.
Agencies don't take up tenders to sterilise the monkeys due to animal rights activists. Even monkey catchers stay away because activists take their photos and file complaints of cruelty.
Chhattisgarh district officials say Covid pandemic and lack of primary health care centre in Mainpat led to marathon sterilisations, point out that no norms were broken. State probe underway.
Corporate bonds are priced as a spread over the risk-free rate. In India, the reference risk-free rate is unreliable as large institutions are mandated to buy and hold government bonds.
After lapses exposed by terror attacks at Pahalgam and Delhi's Red Fort, Centre has hiked Intelligence Bureau's expenditure for investments in long-term assets from Rs 257 cr to Rs 2,549 cr.
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Noida is overrun with violent and ferocious stray dogs. The only possible solution to the problem is mass culling. Nothing else will work.