US EditionCourt orders stray dogs in New Delhi released, easing its order to move them all to shelters
- India's Supreme Court issued a modified ruling on August 22, 2025, ordering stray dogs in Delhi-NCR to be released back to their original localities after sterilization and vaccination.
- This ruling reversed an earlier August 11 order to permanently relocate all stray dogs to shelters, which had sparked widespread protests and appeals by animal welfare groups.
- The court mandated creating designated feeding spaces across the capital, banned feeding in public areas, and exempted dogs infected with rabies or showing aggressive behavior from release.
- The court noted Delhi has an estimated stray dog population of up to one million and cited 25,000 reported dog bite cases in 2024, highlighting public health concerns driving the order.
- The ruling seeks to protect public safety while ensuring compassionate care for stray dogs, mandates the development of a nationwide stray dog policy, and will consolidate related cases from across all states under the Supreme Court's authority.
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India Supreme Court permits release of stray dogs after vaccination, sterilization
India’s Supreme Court on Friday directed that canines picked up in the country’s National Capital Region (NCR) be sterilized, vaccinated, dewormed, and then released back to the localities from which they were taken, in line with the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023. A three-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria termed an earlier August 11 directive to confine all strays in shelters as “too harsh” and warned tha…
One million stray dogs in India’s capital regain the right to roam after legal battle with nation’s top court
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‘A very scientific order, I am very happy with it’: Maneka Gandhi on SC’s stray dog order
Maneka Gandhi had appealed to PM Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to step in following the August 11 Supreme Court order directing that stray dogs be picked up, and relocated to shelter homes.
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India walks back order to clear Delhi of stray dogs
India's Supreme Court on Friday scaled back its order to catch and remove tens of thousands of stray dogs from the capital, after feasibility questions about the sheer scale of the exercise.
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