India’s top court has ordered the sterilisation of all stray dogs in the capital after an increase in bite cases. But the ruling has prompted broader debate: Does India even know how many strays it has?
By Nikhil Sreekandan
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India’s Supreme Court in early August issued a dramatic order calling for the removal of all stray dogs from the streets of the national capital, prompting outrage from animal rights activists.
Days later, the country’s top court amended that order after a larger bench of judges looked at the case, effectively allowing municipal authorities to return most strays to the neighbourhoods they were picked up from after being sterilised and vaccinated.
