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’.
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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.