(IN) Ensure safety of stray canines, dog lovers: HC to govt, police, or protection.

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Indian Express. 19 December 2009

 

 

 

Ensure safety of stray canines, dog lovers: HC to govt, police, or

protection.

 

 

 

Upholding the right of dog lovers and animal rights activists

 

to get protection from intimidating neighbours, the Delhi High

 

Court on Friday asked the Delhi government and police to

 

locate sites in 11 police station areas where stray dogs could

 

be fed without any hassles.

 

Justice V K Jain said feeding dogs is both lawful and helpful

 

and assists the municipal animal birth control programme in

 

which dogs are sterilised and vaccinated area-wise.

 

" Feeding dogs makes them friendly and easier to handle, " the

 

court held. " Citizens are free to feed dogs in areas to be

 

mutually decided by the Animal Welfare Board of India and the

 

feeder. "

 

As per the court's directive, station house officers of 11

 

police stations - including Defence Colony, Vasant Kunj,

 

Saket, Mehrauli, Geeta Colony, Kalkaji and Kamala Nagar - are

 

required within two weeks to zero in on some sites in their

 

localities where animal lovers could feed the strays without

 

hindrance from abusive neighbours.