No more strays on streets: Supreme Court directs Delhi authorities to move all street dogs to shelters
stray dog menace
in the city 'extremely grim,' the
Supreme Court
on Monday directed the Delhi government and civic bodies to begin picking up strays from all localities at the earliest and house them in dog shelters.
Issuing several directions to curb dog bite incidents, the court warned that strict action would be taken against any person or organisation obstructing the authorities from picking up stray dogs.
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A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said dog shelters should be set up to accommodate around 5,000 stray dogs, with adequate personnel deployed to sterilise and vaccinate the animals.
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The court made it clear that stray dogs must be kept in shelters and not released back onto streets, colonies, or public spaces.
'We are issuing these directions keeping larger public interest in mind,' the bench said, stressing that infants and young children should under no circumstances fall prey to dog bites leading to rabies.
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The bench also directed the creation of a helpline within a week to ensure all dog bite cases are reported immediately.
The court had, on July 28, taken suo motu cognisance of a media report on a dog bite incident in Delhi that led to a case of rabies.
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