Dog Divide
Delhi’s streets are not just crowded with vehicles and people; they are also home to a vast population of stray dogs that have long been part of the city’s landscape.
Delhi’s streets are not just crowded with vehicles and people; they are also home to a vast population of stray dogs that have long been part of the city’s landscape.
The top court clarified that the release directive is only for stray dogs that are not infected with rabies or exhibiting aggressive behaviour.
The Supreme Court is set to pronounce its verdict on the issue of relocating stray dogs in the Delhi-NCR region on Friday, amid widespread debate and opposition from animal rights activists and organisations.
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on pleas challenging its August 11 directive to round up all stray dogs in the Delhi NCR region, keep them in designated shelters, and not release them back to the areas from where they were picked up.
After the Supreme Court’s directions, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday announced that her government will formulate a policy to tackle the stray dog menace and address the issue in a “planned and systematic” manner.
In a unique move, a shelter for stray dogs has been opened at Nicco Park.
The population of rare snow leopards in Gangotri National Park in Uttarakhand is facing an existential challenge as dogs in the park attack the base of their prey. The State Forest Department is now planning to sterilise the dogs in the national park to prevent the depletion of food stock for snow leopards in Gangotri National Park.
The Odisha Government has decided to launch a sterilization drive of stray dogs under Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme with renewed vigour to curb the aggressive behavioural instinct in canine species and put brakes on cases of rabies.
According to a study of rabies trends, using data from the National Health Profile (NHP), a collection of state-wise monthly health condition reports, 2,863 rabies cases in India were reported between 2005 and 2020.
Researchers at the University of Bristol revealed that feeding dogs raw meat increases their chances of excreting E. coli that cannot be killed by the antibiotic ciprofloxacin.
