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.
It has further observed that animal rights are advocated and supported in the same way as human rights because it is quite imperative to safeguard and protect animals from oppression, confinement, and abusive treatment, which they may be prone to suffer at the hands of humans.
Anger is brewing among residents of the Union Territory as attacks by feral dogs on humans and wildlife are increasing by the day.
While the causal nature of pet ownership on sleep quality and sleep disorders was unable to be established, the results of the study are consistent with previous studies that found that pet ownership has a negative impact on sleep quality.
On getting information about the incident, animal lovers reached the spot and informed the police. The police took out the bodies of the puppies with the help of local villagers and sent them for postmortem.
According to the police, the incident took place on Monday evening in the Lotus Boulevard Society of Sector 100.
