SC relaxes 'too harsh' directions on stray dogs, prohibits feeding

The Supreme Court on Friday relaxed its earlier sweeping directions on stray dog management in the Delhi-NCR region, observing that a complete prohibition on releasing treated and vaccinated dogs appeared “too harsh”.

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While acknowledging the “salutary intent” of its earlier order, the three-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, and N.V. Anjaria stressed that “a blanket direction to pick up all the strays and place them in dog shelters/pounds without evaluating the existing infrastructure may lead to a catch-22 situation because such directions may be impossible to comply with”.