Supreme court orders removal of stray Dogs
News Kashmir Analysis
Stray Dogs Menace is a serious challenge in entire country. The special cause of concern has been dog bites ,which cause serious injuries and deaths too. The stray dogs have become a serious civics challenge in country too. The animal rights activist have also been quite vocal while advocating rights of stray dogs.
In a landmark decision Supreme court made key observation recently.court was hearing a suo moto case, which was initiated on July 28 over a report on stray dog bites leading to rabies, particularly among children, in the national capital.
According to Livelaw, Having regard to the “alarming rise of dog-bite incidents”, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered that every educational institution, hospital, public sports complexes, bus stand and depots, railway stations, etc must be fenced properly to prevent the entry of stray dogs.
It will be the responsibility of the concerned local self-government institutions to pick up stray dogs from such institutions/areas, and shift them to designated dog shelters after vaccination and sterilisation in accordance with the Animal Birth Control Rules. The Court further ordered that stray dogs picked up from these areas must not be released to the same spot from which they were picked up. “Permitting the same would frustrate the very purpose of liberating such institutions from the presence of stray dogs,” the Court observed.
In this regard , bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria passed the order in the suo motu Stray Dogs matter. The Court directed that the local bodies must carry out periodic inspections to ensure that no stray dog habitat exists in such premises.
After the order was pronounced, Senior Advocates Anand Grover, Karuna Nundy etc, urged the bench to consider their submissions before signing the order. Nundy said that if dogs are removed, new dogs will occupy the same spot. The bench however refused to entertain the submissions.
The Court took note of various reports regarding dog-bite incidents across the country. Amicus Curiae Senior Advocate Gaurav Agarwal also submitted a report.
Stray dog bites have been also major cause of concern in Jammu and Kashmir as it has lead to precious loss of lives and horrible injuries .
This is undoubtedly a landmark order which would ensure that stray dogs menace is tackled and humans live in harmony.
