Aug 11: Supreme Court orders all Delhi-NCR strays into shelters, regardless of sterilisation or vaccination
Shelters must house 5,000 dogs with facilities; fears of cruelty over harsh enforcement
2019: 20 mn strays; likely triple. Dog-bite cases up from 2.1 mn (2022) to 3.7 mn (2024). Rabies deaths disputed
Municipalities lack land, funds, and capacity. Dogs removed from one area are soon replaced
Sterilise, vaccinate, return dogs to localities. Proven in Mumbai, Pune, Jaipur
ABC is low-cost, NGO-led, but ignored by most cities — leaving dogs to bear the cost of inaction