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Wednesday, March 11, 2026
TopicStray dog menace

Topic: Stray dog menace

SC order on stray dogs is like Tughlaq’s march to Daulatabad—grand in tone, empty in substance

SC’s order asks institutions to breed unnecessary panic and build fortresses, when they are yet to achieve basic safety or dignity.

I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

SC’s new stray dog ruling triggers more protests. ‘Just listen, talk to us,’ rescuers plead

‘If the govt had done their job then I don’t think so many people would be here protesting,' said Madhu, who was at Delhi's Palika Bazaar to protest SC's Friday ruling.

Global media analyses India’s ‘animal problems’ & the right to a legible doctor’s prescription

Bloomberg looks at Indian govt's efforts to hasten approval of hydroelectric projects by 'outsourcing geological investigations'.

ABC of Animal Birth Control: Why Delhi’s stray dog sterilisation programme isn’t working as it should

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.

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

SC’s stray dog order fails Delhi. Courtroom absolutes don’t solve bad policy

What’s needed now is a policy-based solution. The situation cannot remain suspended between denial and inaction—it has already cost lives and money.

How Delhi is mobilising to save its street dogs — shelters, safe houses, and watch patrols

A network of feeders, caregivers, security guards, and residents has sprung into action in neighbourhoods across Delhi — from Vasant Kunj to Janakpuri to Tilak Nagar.

Stray dogs have the right to live. SC order can trigger a wave of animal cruelty

If lakhs of unsterilised dogs are stuffed in the same confined space, what stops them from reproducing there too? Where is the space needed to build so many shelters?

Stray dogs don’t ‘charge to kill’, ‘plot to poop’. So-called menace is a human-made problem

Hate to mention the obvious, but stray dogs are animals. They do not think like humans, they don’t know logic, they aren’t operating with a conscience. They are simply trying to survive.

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Iran war pummels India’s already turbulent aviation sector. Your ticket fare will get hit next

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India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

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Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

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