13/08/2025
"This Supreme Court order is a disgrace—a blind rush to enforce fear, not justice! 🔥
Forcing every stray dog off Delhi’s streets within eight weeks, without proper shelters or funding, is nothing short of cruelty under the guise of ‘public safety.’ Authorities are now captive to impulsive judgment, not compassionate science.
• This decision contradicts itself. Just last year, another Supreme Court bench upheld sterilisation and the humane return of dogs under the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, citing constitutional compassion . Now, without warning, the Court dismisses those same rules as “absurd,” demanding total relocation .
• It’s unscientific and chaotic. Experts—including PETA India and leading animal-welfare groups—warn this move is not only ineffective but harmful, calling it ‘unscientific,’ ‘ineffective,’ and ‘chaotic’ . Where’s the data proving mass relocation reduces rabies or bites? It doesn’t exist.
• We lack the infrastructure. With maybe only 20 temporary ABC shelters accommodating ~4,000–5,000 dogs in Delhi, how can authorities house hundreds of thousands? This is logistical madness .
• Human rights for humans, moral duty to animals. The court claims it’s protecting fundamental rights to move freely, yet forces confinement on an entire species—violating basic animal rights and stripping dogs of sunlight, familiarity, dignity .
• Community bonds are at stake. These strays are valued companions to hungry children, elderly residents, tea stall vendors—locked cages will sever decades of silent friendship and local ecosystem balance .
Let’s be clear: this isn’t a safety-first approach—it’s a coercive, fear-driven policy. It abandons long-tested sterilisation, vaccination, and community-engagement plans. It punishes responsible citizens, activists, caregivers—and the voiceless animals—on the altar of panic.
To the Court: rethink now. Use your power not to punish, but to plan. Fund sterilisation. Expand community shelters. Engage NGOs. Respect constitutional values—justice, compassion, humanity.
Anything less is not justice. It’s a grave injustice."**
