Overview

• Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice R. Mahadevan issued an oral order on August 11 directing stray dogs in Delhi-NCR to be captured, neutered and placed in shelters within eight weeks.
• Animal-rights activists have petitioned that the roundup began before the written order was available and conflicts with the 2024 ABC rules requiring dogs to be returned to their original locations and banning killings.
• Delhi municipal authorities acknowledge only about 20 ABC centres with capacity for 30–40 dogs each, raising concerns over the practical feasibility of housing large numbers of animals.
• Public controversy intensified this week when Karnataka MLC S.L. Bhojegowda claimed to have killed 2,500 dogs for compost and a lawyer slapped a dog-rights supporter outside the Supreme Court.
• Officials cite roughly 240,000 dog-bite cases and 19 rabies deaths in Karnataka to justify the directive, but critics question the data’s use and the speed of enforcement.