STORY: India's top court on Monday (August 11) ordered Delhi and its suburbs to move all stray dogs to shelters.That came after media reports of rising cases of rabies, especially among children.Nearly 430,

The Supreme Court on Monday took a stern view of the stray dog menace and ordered the Delhi-NCR to start removing stray dogs from all localities within eight weeks and house them in dedicated dog shelters to be set up by civic authorities.

Moving lakhs of stray dogs to shelters that do not exist yet is a task that would require significant funding and time. Manpower shortage, dogs' territorial instincts and local resistance are among the other challenges for civic bodies struggling to carry out basic tasks such as keeping neighbourhoods clean and drains unclogged.

An order by India’s top court to authorities in capital Delhi and its surrounding areas to relocate all stray dogs to shelters within eight weeks, citing a rise in rabies cases, has sparked a debate between advocates of animal rights and public safety.

Actor and animal rights advocate Raveena Tandon has strongly criticised the Supreme Court's recent verdict ordering the relocation of stray dogs to shelters in Delhi-NCR.

The Supreme Court has directed that all stray dogs in Delhi-NCR be moved to shelters within eight weeks, sparking protests from animal rights activists. Demonstrators at India Gate, including rescuers and caregivers,

Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta says the stray dog menace has “assumed gigantic proportion” and has assured that the government will soon implement a policy in line with a Supreme Court order. On Monday,

MP Saket Gokhale urged Chief Justice of India B R Gavai to halt the Supreme Court's directive for removing stray dogs in Delhi. Gokhale contends that the decision defies the Animal Birth Control Rules,

In cities across the country, the feral animals are both loved and feared. The judges are forging into intensely emotional territory by going after the ones in the capital.