(IN) Relief for Street Dogs

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Relief for Street Dogs

 

It's a dog's life, as the saying goes. The hapless animals are frequently beaten

up and killed. But now the dogs (and other animals) have the law to help these

animals lead quality life with the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.

 

Animal activist-lawyer Raj Panjwani said the street dog population of Mumbai

reduced to 75,000 from six lakh in the last few years. Civic drives, such as to

keep the city free of stray animals, had put these animals to a cruel death.

 

Noted constitutional experts Fali S Nariman and T R Andhyarujina made a strong

appeal with a legal and a humanitarian approach, on Friday, in the Supreme

Court, by securing a stay on Bombay High Court’s virtual death warrant against

the poor street dogs. Solicitor General G E Vahanvati, who represented the

Maharashtra government, supported these.

 

A bench of Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam at last was

convinced that the street dogs should deserve a humanitarian legal deal.

 

The Bombay High Court by ordering the virtual extermination of street dogs and

conferring the powers of it on the municipal commissioner made a conflict with

the all-India law, which provided guidelines for killing street dogs when these

are violent or go mad or start biting people.

 

The bench of Justice Balakrishnan and Justice Sathasivam delayed to consider

relief for the dogs.

 

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