The 13-day prayer ceremony held in Delhi was attended by prominent animal welfare activists, environmentalists, caregivers, legal experts, and gau rakshaks.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Eight-month-old canine, now at an NCR shelter, is recovering from tick fever, which can affect the brain. The dog was in the headlines for circling idol of Hanuman in Bijnor.
Advocate Poulomi Pavini Shukla told the Supreme Court that homeless children would be ‘orphaned twice’ if stray dogs were removed. She says the case should not be framed as ‘dogs vs children’.
In separate letters accessed by ThePrint, govts of UP, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and J&K have written back to AWBI flagging administrative and budgetary infeasibility of the SOP.
There was a painful recalibration of dog-human relationships in 18th century Britain—any dog, except for the owned, leashed pet, lost its right to exist. They brought this mindset to India.
Three-judge Supreme Court bench told Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules provide comprehensive framework but municipal authorities routinely default on duties.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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.