Overview
- Municipal Corporation of Delhi said it has released about 700 dogs picked up around Red Fort and has begun inspecting sites in Dwarka and Bela Road for two permanent shelters intended for sick or violent animals.
- Sanitation workers have been assigned to identify ward‑level feeding spots within three to four days, with RWAs and local caregivers assisting and street feeding prohibited under the court’s directive.
- Gurugram’s civic body plans to ramp up sterilisation and vaccination capacity from roughly 300 to 1,200 procedures a month by expanding ABC centres, with officials saying over 20,000 dogs have been treated this year.
- A five‑year‑old boy was hospitalised after a stray attacked him in East Delhi’s Shakarpur; the family sought relocation of the dog, a protest followed allegations of cruelty by an officer, and an ambulance removed the animal.
- A viral clip claimed to show a Delhi dog shelter was debunked by fact‑checkers, who traced the footage to an overcrowded facility in Erbil, Iraq, posted months before the court’s revised order.