Stray dog menace due to inaction: SC

The Supreme Court Thursday said the “whole problem” of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR was a result of the “inaction” of local authorities which did “nothing” in implementing the Animal Birth Control Rules on sterilisation and immunisation of canines.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria, which was constituted to hear a suo motu case and some other pleas concerning stray dogs, reserved its verdict on the interim prayer for a stay on the directions issued by the apex court August 11.

A two-judge bench August 11, among other directions, ordered the Delhi-NCR authorities to permanently relocate strays from streets to dog shelters.

The bench had acted in the suo motu case initiated July 28 over a media report on stray dog bites leading to rabies, particularly among children, in the national capital.