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Supreme Court on Stray Dogs control
August 15 , 2025
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- The Supreme Court directed municipal authorities to pick up and house all stray dogs in Delhi and parts of the National Capital Region in dedicated shelters within eight weeks.
- The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, aims to prevent “the infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering on animals”.
- Under the Act, the Centre in 2001 promulgated the ABC (Dogs) Rules.
- The Animal Birth Control Rules 2023 provides a doctrine of “capture, neuter, vaccinate, release”.
- It forbids municipalities from permanently relocating healthy dogs or impounding them for long periods except if a dog is rabid, incurably ill or found to be dangerously aggressive by a veterinarian.
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