Supreme Court orders immediate capture of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR

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The Supreme Court on Monday directed civic bodies in Delhi and the NCR to swiftly catch, sterilise, and permanently relocate stray dogs to shelters. Stressing that the order be enforced without compromise, the court warned of action against any individual or group obstructing the process. The bench noted that urgent measures are essential to curb rising dog bite incidents and the spread of rabies.

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00:00it's a landmark supreme court order on the stray dog menace the top court has now asked

00:11delhi ncr governments to round up all stray dogs the bench of justices pardiwala and mahadevan has

00:18said catch and relocate strays to shelters sterilize stray dogs with no exceptions in fact

00:25the supreme court has warned those who are stopping the anti-stray crackdown saying that young

00:31children cannot fall prey to rabies they've also pointed out that we need more shelters staff and

00:37helpline to tackle this menace and has warned that activism cannot bring the dead back to life

00:43the supreme court remember had taken swomoto cognizance in july of the stray dog menace

00:48after news reports of children being attacked by strays in delhi ncr

00:53this is a very very important development coming in from the supreme court viewers the supreme court

01:04bench has effectively gone against the awbi rules the court in fact saying that forget about the rules

01:12specifically right now you must catch and send the dogs to the shelters because the sheer number of

01:19stray dogs is a very very serious situation remember this swomoto petition had been taken up by the

01:25supreme court after multiple attacks on children by stray dogs in delhi and today the bench has clearly

01:33directed the civic authorities in delhi and ncr to immediately catch and sterilize stray dogs and

01:39against the rules that call for relocating them back to the place they were picked up from the supreme court

01:46making it very clear that the stray dogs will not go back to the gullies and the parks they will now

01:52have to go to a dedicated dog shelter the government has now been given eight weeks time to set up an

02:00initial dog shelter in delhi which can take care of at least 5000 dogs this is has to be done within the

02:07next eight weeks also the court has said that there have to be dedicated helplines where people can call

02:13and complain if there is a dog bite incident especially if there is a rabbit dog in the area

02:19and action has to be taken within four hours of receiving that complaint the court also saying that

02:25you have to have trained staff which can catch sterilize and keep the stray dogs in the shelters

02:32remember the uh animal welfare board of india rules have already for the last several years

02:39talked about sterilizing and vaccinating dogs and keeping any aggressive dogs in the shelters but so far

02:47delhi ncr did not have enough of an infrastructure now the court saying

02:52take action immediately and do not send the dogs back to the streets where they can attack children

02:57do not feel safe nor work done at any time

03:03you

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