Overview

• India’s top court modified an earlier confinement directive, ordering that strays be vaccinated, dewormed and sterilised before being returned to their territories.
• Municipal bodies must create designated feeding spaces and bar street feeding, with action required against violations.
• Animal-welfare groups, veterinarians and feeders welcomed the shift but cautioned that success hinges on upkeep of feeding sites and robust sterilisation campaigns.
• Experts warned that concentrating feeding in a single spot can heighten territorial disputes, urging multiple monitored locations to reduce stress and aggression.
• Reporting highlights municipal responsibility for planning and enforcement and notes growing community involvement in caring for neighbourhood dogs.