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Supreme Court Orders Removal of Stray Dogs From New Delhi Streets

The court’s directive includes an eight-week shelter deadline, daily capture logs, a 24-hour bite hotline, strict non-release rules, raising questions about feasibility.

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Zehntausende Straßenhunde sind täglich in Neu Delhi unterwegs - nun sollen sie laut einer Justizentscheidung eingefangen werden. Indiens Oberster Gerichtshof ordnete an, dass die Tiere von den Straßen verschwinden müssten.

Overview

  • The Supreme Court has given authorities eight weeks to capture all stray dogs in the New Delhi metropolitan region.
  • The ruling requires construction of large shelters, sterilisation and rabies vaccination for each animal, daily capture logs and a 24-hour hotline for dog-bite reports.
  • Judges warned of legal consequences for anyone obstructing the removal process or releasing captured dogs back into residential or public areas.
  • Animal-welfare groups, including PAWS founder Nilesh Bhanage and biologist Bahar Dutt, describe the eight-week deadline as unrealistic and warn that municipal capacity cannot support the plan.
  • The mass removal departs from India’s long-standing sterilise-vaccinate-release programme and highlights contested data on dog-bite incidents and rabies fatalities that underpin the public-health argument.