Overview

• Delhi Development Minister Kapil Mishra announced a two‑year plan to microchip about 10 lakh street dogs in partnership with UNDP, paired with a dog census, digital vaccination records, and mandatory registration of pet shops.
• The Municipal Corporation of Delhi directed officials to identify three to four feeding points in each of the city’s 250 wards—about 1,000 locations—with action reports due within a week and noticeboards to guide compliant feeding.
• Following Supreme Court directions, non‑aggressive dogs are to be sterilised, dewormed and vaccinated before release, while MCD is ramping up ABC centre capacity and planning a shelter at the Dwarka complex for aggressive or rabid animals.
• Uttar Pradesh instructed local bodies to set up designated feeding points, involve RWAs and animal‑welfare groups in site decisions, install signage, enforce rules, and conduct surveys, with Ghaziabad exploring a new shelter and fresh stray census.
• Pune began piloting designated feeding zones and is organising feeders via a registration form to coordinate timings, maintain hygiene, and support sterilisation and vaccination, with feeding barred on roads, in gardens, and at building entrances.