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TopicStray dogs

Topic: stray dogs

Dogs built human civilisation. Calling them a menace now is betrayal

Human civilisation began with wolves by our side. Dogs were never supposed to be stray.

Stray dogs to SIR voter lists, solution lies in tradeoffs

American thinker Thomas Sowell got it right, and it is time India's politicians and social activists realised that “solutions” lie in the spaces between two extremes.

Skull & bones, stray dogs’ ‘shrieks’. A midnight protest puts uneasy spotlight on Rohini ABC centre

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.

Animal activists on SC stray dogs order—‘MCD should involve local caregivers in deciding feeding points’

They added that MCD should show ‘the same level of excitement’ in building dedicated feeding spaces as they showed for catching stray dogs and putting them in shelters.

MCD starts identifying feeding zones after SC stray dogs order, plans shelters & mass sterilisation

MCD Standing Committee Chairperson Satya Sharma chaired a meeting with officials to review the stray dog situation and chalk out an action plan in line with the court's orders.

MCD kicks off 3-phase plan to implement SC’s stray dogs order, targets ‘ferocious’ ones in 1st phase

First phase is ongoing, says veterinary services deputy director SK Yadav. This comes even as larger Supreme Court bench has reserved order on pleas challenging 11 August ruling.

Doctors write to CJI urging stay on SC stray dog order, warn against ‘zoonosis’ in overcrowded shelters

More than 10 letters & testimonials from doctors & vets, accessed by ThePrint, lay out the health challenges of locking up stray dogs in shelters, both for animals and humans.

Yudhishtira to Bhairava cherished dogs. It’s about our civilisational values

The court order seeking the rounding up of this companion of humans over millennia is a sad story of our times, where our civilisational values have been obscured.

Maria Gomes feeds over 300 stray dogs. She challenges the popular image of a dog lover

Gomes cooks all day long, and undertakes two rounds: The first at 5 am, when she takes an autorickshaw around and makes 22 stops; the second at 5 pm, on her little bicycle.

Stray dogs debate divides BJP & RSS—shelters vs sterilisation & ‘gau mata apathy’

New Delhi: The debate on stray dogs, sparked off after the Supreme Court ordered that all stray dogs in the NCR be sent to...

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Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.