Delhi given eight weeks to round up hundreds of thousands of stray dogs

[Sanjeev]

Authorities in Delhi and NCR have been ordered by India's Supreme Court to relocate all stray dogs from the streets to animal shelters.

Concerned about the growing "menace of dog bites leading to rabies," the court allowed officials eight weeks to complete the task. According to municipal statistics, there are an estimated one million stray dogs in Delhi, and their numbers are also increasing in the suburbs of Noida, Ghaziabad, and Gurugram.

According to the World Health Organization, 36% of all rabies-related deaths worldwide occur in India, which is home to millions of stray dogs.

 

[magnus2022]

I think it is the right thing to do and save humans. Rabies is a very bad disease and can kill if not taken immediate action. Hundred of thousands of dogs is quite too many!

 

[Sanjeev]

Yes, it is a right decision still the dog lovers are opposing it. They say why being so rude to the dogs.

 

[eLdavis]

Thousands? That's a whole lot, they can't be left wandering the streets, if they become violent, anything could happen.

 

[Sanjeev]

Recently I saw a video on social sites how a kid was killed by the stray dogs.

 

[Starmix]

I favor that order from the India Supreme Court to keep all the stray dogs at the animal shelter. Itr will be safer for the people.

 

[Sanjeev]

I favor that order from the India Supreme Court to keep all the stray dogs at the animal shelter. Itr will be safer for the people.

Yes it will be especially for the kids.

 

[Trush Jodie]

You don't allow such a huge number of dogs to be roaming the streets. That's irresponsibility on the part of the health department.